Old English · noun
sang
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /sɑnɡ/[sɑŋɡ]
- Syllables
- sɑnɡ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- songliturgicalchristianity
Meaning
-
song
…Hwīlum iċ onhyrġe þone haswan earn, gūðfugles hlēoþor; hwīlum glidan reorde mūþe ġemǣne, hwīlum mǣwes song, þǣr iċ glado sitte.
…Sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, a speech of war-bird; sometimes a kite's voice with common mouth, sometimes a gull's song when I sit gladful.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24: -
liturgical service
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.
Descendants
song
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