Old English · noun
frysca
Normalised frysċa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈfryʃ.ʃɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈfryʃ · ʃɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- waterbirdbitternkite
Meaning
-
a kind of waterbird (e.g. a bittern or kite)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *fruskijō (“frog-catcher, frog-eater”, literally “frogger”), related to frosċ (“frog”).
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