Old English · noun
hnægung
Normalised hnǣġung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxnæː.junɡ/[ˈn̥æː.juŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈxnæː · junɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- neighing
Meaning
-
neighing
Ġemenġedu stefn is þe biþ būtan andġiete, swelċ swā is hrīðera ġehlōw and horsa hnǣġung, hunda ġebeorc, trēowa brastlung, and swā forþ.
A confused sound is a sound that has no meaning, such as cows mooing, horses neighing, dogs barking, trees rustling, and so on.
late 10th century, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From hnǣġan (“to neigh”) + -ung.
Descendants
neighing
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