hunigsuce
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
The first element is huniġ (“honey”); the second element is from sūcan (“to suck”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxu.nijˌsuː.ke/, [ˈhu.nijˌsuː.ke]
Noun
huniġsūce f
Declension
Weak n-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | huniġsūce | huniġsūcan |
| accusative | huniġsūcan | huniġsūcan |
| genitive | huniġsūcan | huniġsūcena |
| dative | huniġsūcan | huniġsūcum |
Descendants
- English: honeysuckle
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hunig-súce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.