Old English · noun
hunigsuce
Normalised huniġsūce
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxu.nijˌsuː.ke/[ˈhu.nijˌsuː.ke]
- Syllables
- ˈxu · nij · ˌsuː · ke (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- privethoneysucklesuckedhoney
Meaning
-
privet
-
a plant honey can be sucked from
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | huniġsūce | huniġsūcan |
| Accusative | huniġsūcan | huniġsūcan |
| Genitive | huniġsūcan | huniġsūcena |
| Dative | huniġsūcan | huniġsūcum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
The first element is huniġ (“honey”); the second element is from sūcan (“to suck”)
Descendants
honeysuckle
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