Old English · noun
wuscbearn
Normalised wūscbearn
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- Modern English
- adopted
Meaning
-
adopted child
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wūscbearn | wūscbearn |
| Accusative | wūscbearn | wūscbearn |
| Genitive | wūscbearnes | wūscbearna |
| Dative | wūscbearne | wūscbearnum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wunskabarn, from Proto-Germanic *wunskabarną. Cognate with Old Norse óskabarn. Equivalent to wūsc (“wish”) + bearn (“child”). Compare also Middle High German wunschkint (“adopted child”) and Old Norse óskasunr (“adopted son”).
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