notdwingari
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Old High German
Alternative forms
- nōtthuuingāri
Etymology
From nōt (“force, compulsion”) + dwingan (“force, compel”) + -āri (agent suffix)
Noun
nōtdwingāri m
- violent people
Descendants
- Middle High German: nottwingar, nottwenger, notwingare, nothwingari (11th C.)
- Early New High German: notzwinger
References
- Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “nôtthuuingâri”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig