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Old English · noun

ceoce

Normalised ċēoce

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.ke/
Syllables
ˈt͡ʃe͜oː · ke (2 syllables)
Modern English
cheekcheekbonechokejawbone

Meaning

  1. cheek or cheekbone

  2. jaw or jawbone

Declension

Declension of ceoce
SingularPlural
Nominative ċēoceċēocan
Accusative ċēocanċēocan
Genitive ċēocanċēocena
Dative ċēocanċēocum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *keukā (“jaw, cheek”).

Descendants

cheek, choke

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