eldertongue

Old English · noun

scritta

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/ˈʃrit.tɑ/
Syllables
ˈʃrit · tɑ (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. effeminate or castrated man

  2. hermaphrodite

Etymology

From Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

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