æcern
Old English
Alternative forms
- æceran, æceren, æcirn
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *akraną, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Cognate with Old Frisian akern, Old Saxon akeran, Old High German ackeran, Old Norse akarn, Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.kern/, [ˈæ.kerˠn]
Declension
Declension of æcern (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | æcern | æcernu |
| accusative | æcern | æcernu |
| genitive | æcernes | æcerna |
| dative | æcerne | æcernum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽcern”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “æceren”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I
, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
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