Old English · noun
hunig
Normalised huniġ
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxu.nij/[ˈhu.nij]
- Syllables
- ˈxu · nij (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- honey
Meaning
-
honey
Iċ eom on gōman ġēna swētra
I am sweeter still in the mouth than when you blend bee-bread with honey
Exeter Book, riddle 40
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą. Cognate with Old Frisian hunig, Old Saxon honeg, and Old High German honag; also Old Norse hunang, from the alternative form *hunangą.
Descendants
honey
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