Old English · noun
tunge
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈtun.ɡe/[ˈtuŋ.ɡe]
- Syllables
- ˈtun · ɡe (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- tongue
Meaning
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tongue
Hwīlum iċ on wloncum wiċġe rīde herġes on ende; heard is mīn tunge.
Sometimes, I ride on a proud horse at the rear of an army; my tongue in hard.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 80: -
language
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tungā.
Descendants
tongue
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