Old English · noun
horcwene
Normalised hōrcwene
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxoːrˌkwe.ne/[ˈhoːrˌkwe.ne]
- Syllables
- ˈxoːr · ˌkwe · ne (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- adulteresswhore
Meaning
-
adulteress, whore
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From hōre (“whore”) + cwene (“woman”).
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