Old English · noun
tusc
Normalised tūsc
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /tuːsk/
- Syllables
- tuːsk (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- tuskcaninetushcanine toothtooth
Meaning
-
canine tooth
-
tusk
Ēac swylċe þǣr beoð cende Healfhundingas ðā syndon hātene Conopoenas. Hī habbað horses manan ⁊ eoferes tucxas ⁊ hunda hēafda, ⁊ heora oruð byð swylċe fȳres līġ.
Born there, too, are the Half-Hounds, who are known as Conopoenas. They have a horse's mane and a boar's tusks and the heads of dogs, and their breath is like a fiery flame.
Wonders of the East
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz.
Descendants
tush, tusk
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