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Old English · noun

sang

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/sɑnɡ/
[sɑŋɡ]
Syllables
sɑnɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English
songliturgicalchristianity

Meaning

  1. 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:
  2. liturgical service

Declension

Declension of sang
SingularPlural
Nominative sangsangas
Accusative sangsangas
Genitive sangessanga
Dative sangesangum

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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