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Old English · adjective

hunigswete

Normalised huniġswēte

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxu.nijˌsweː.te/
[ˈhu.nijˌsweː.te]
Syllables
ˈxu · nij · ˌsweː · te (4 syllables)
Modern English
honeysweet

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hunagaswōtuz. Equivalent to huniġ (“honey”) + swēte (“sweet”).

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