eldertongue

Old English · noun

tun

Normalised tūn

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/tuːn/
Syllables
tuːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
towntaantahntawnteuntoontountoune

Meaning

  1. an enclosed piece of ground, an enclosure or garden

  2. the enclosed ground belonging to an individual dwelling

  3. the group of houses on an area of enclosed land, a homestead

  4. a village or town

    tuun

    a town

    8th century, Erfurt Glossary

Declension

Declension of tun
SingularPlural
Nominative tūntūnas
Accusative tūntūnas
Genitive tūnestūna
Dative tūnetūnum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”).

Descendants

taan, tahn, tawn, teun, toon, toun, toune, town

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