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Old English · noun

hyf

Normalised hȳf

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/xyːf/
[hyːf]
Syllables
xyːf (1 syllable)
Modern English
beehivehive

Meaning

  1. beehive

Declension

Declension of hyf
SingularPlural
Nominative hȳfhȳfahȳfe
Accusative hȳfehȳfahȳfe
Genitive hȳfehȳfa
Dative hȳfehȳfum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hūfi.

Descendants

hive

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