hiwcund

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hīƿcund (wynn spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːwˌkund/

Adjective

hīwcund[1][2]

  1. domestic

Declension

References

  1. híw-cund in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  2. hiwcund in John R. Clark Hall (1916) A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd ed.
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