eldertongue

Old English · noun

hwistlung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
Modern English
whistlinghissing

Meaning

  1. whistling, hissing

Declension

Declension of hwistlung
SingularPlural
Nominative hwistlunghwistlungahwistlunge
Accusative hwistlungehwistlungahwistlunge
Genitive hwistlungehwistlunga
Dative hwistlungehwistlungum

All forms (4)

Etymology

By surface analysis, hwistlan (“to whistle”) + -ung

Descendants

whistling

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