eldertongue

Old English · adjective

unswete

Normalised unswēte

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈunˌsweː.te/
Syllables
ˈun · ˌsweː · te (3 syllables)
Modern English
unsweetsweet

Meaning

  1. Not sweet; unsweet.

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unswōtī, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz (“unsweet”), equivalent to un- + swēte.

Descendants

unsweet

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