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Old English · noun

hornungsunu

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong u-stem
IPA
/ˈxor.nunɡˌsu.nu/
[ˈhorˠ.nuŋɡˌsu.nu]
Syllables
ˈxor · nunɡ · ˌsu · nu (4 syllables)
Modern English
bastard

Meaning

  1. a bastard son

Declension

Declension of hornungsunu
SingularPlural
Nominative hornungsunuhornungsuna
Accusative hornungsunuhornungsuna
Genitive hornungsunahornungsuna
Dative hornungsunahornungsunum

All forms (3)

Etymology

From hornung (“bastard”) + sunu (“son”). Compare Faroese horkonusonur (“bastard”).

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