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Old English · adjective

hwitlocced

Normalised hwītlocced

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxwiːtˌlok.ked/
[ˈʍiːtˌlok.ked]
Syllables
ˈxwiːt · ˌlok · ked (3 syllables)
Modern English
fair-hairedblondflaxen

Meaning

  1. blond, fair-haired, flaxen, having light hair

    Cwēn mec hwīlum hwītloccedu hond on leġeð, eorles dohtor, þēah hīo æþelu sȳ.

    Sometimes, a fair-haired queen puts a hand on me, daughter of an earl, for all that she is noble.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 80:

Declension

Strong declension of hwitlocced
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hwītloccedhwītlocceduhwītloccedohwītlocced
Accusative hwītloccednehwītloccedehwītlocced
Genitive hwītloccedeshwītloccedrehwītloccedes
Dative hwītloccedumhwītloccedrehwītloccedum
Instrumental hwītloccedehwītloccedrehwītloccede
Plural
Nominative hwītloccedehwītloccedahwītloccedehwītlocceduhwītloccedo
Accusative hwītloccedehwītloccedahwītloccedehwītlocceduhwītloccedo
Genitive hwītloccedrahwītloccedrahwītloccedra
Dative hwītloccedumhwītloccedumhwītloccedum
Instrumental hwītloccedumhwītloccedumhwītloccedum
Weak declension of hwitlocced
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hwītloccedahwītloccedehwītloccede
Accusative hwītloccedanhwītloccedanhwītloccede
Genitive hwītloccedanhwītloccedanhwītloccedan
Dative hwītloccedanhwītloccedanhwītloccedan
Instrumental hwītloccedanhwītloccedanhwītloccedan
Plural
Nominative hwītloccedanhwītloccedanhwītloccedan
Accusative hwītloccedanhwītloccedanhwītloccedan
Genitive hwītloccedrahwītloccedenahwītloccedrahwītloccedenahwītloccedrahwītloccedena
Dative hwītloccedumhwītloccedumhwītloccedum
Instrumental hwītloccedumhwītloccedumhwītloccedum

All forms (12)

Etymology

By surface analysis, hwīt (“white”) + locc (“lock (of hair)”) + -ed

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