Old English · noun
sibling
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsib.linɡ/[ˈsib.liŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈsib · linɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- siblingrelativekinsman
Meaning
-
relative, kinsman
tō folces ēacan, and man ne mihte þā æt fruman wīfian būton on his siblingum.
And then at the beginning a man could not take a wife, except for among his relatives.
10c., Ælfric's Preface to Genesis:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From sibb + -ling.
Descendants
sibling
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