eldertongue

Old English · noun

engu

Normalised enġu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong īn-stem
IPA
/ˈen.ju/
[ˈen.d͡ʒu]
Syllables
ˈen · ju (2 syllables)
Modern English
narrownessconfinement

Meaning

  1. narrowness

  2. confinement

  3. a narrow place

Declension

Declension of engu
SingularPlural
Nominative enġuenġuenġe
Accusative enġuenġeenġuenġe
Genitive enġuenġeenġa
Dative enġuenġeenġum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *angį̄, equivalent to ange + -u. Cognate with Old High German engī, engīn.

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