Old English · verb
gehnycned
- Part of speech
- verb
- IPA
- /jeˈxnyk.ned/[jeˈn̥yk.ned]
- Syllables
- je · ˈxnyk · ned (3 syllables)
Meaning
drawn; pinched; wrinkled
Etymology
From an unrecorded verb *hnycnan, *hnycnian, from Proto-West Germanic *hnukēn, from Proto-Germanic *hnukāną (“to bend; crook; twist; wrinkle”).
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