eldertongue

Old English · noun

dunnoc

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈdun.nok/
Syllables
ˈdun · nok (2 syllables)
Modern English
dunnockwarblerhedge sparrowsparrow

Meaning

  1. a type of warbler; hedge sparrow

Declension

Declension of dunnoc
SingularPlural
Nominative dunnocdunnocas
Accusative dunnocdunnocas
Genitive dunnocesdunnoca
Dative dunnocedunnocum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From dunn + -oc, literally “the little dun-coloured one”.

Descendants

dunnock

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dunnoc · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution