eowend
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- eowend
Etymology edit
Uncertain, but perhaps from ēowend (“one who shows”, literally “show-er”), from ēowan (“to show”), equivalent to ēowan + -end (agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ēowend m
- penis (perhaps specifically an erect one)
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
- T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921