hiwcund

Old English

Etymology

From *hīw (marriage) + -cund (born). The former from Proto-Germanic *hīwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxiːwˌkund/, [ˈhiːwˌkund]

Adjective

hīwcund[1][2]

  1. domestic

Declension

References

  1. Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “híw-cund”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. John R. Clark Hall (1916) “hiwcund”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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