Old English edit

Etymology edit

From firenhyċġa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.renˌxyj.je/, [ˈfi.renˌhyd.d͡ʒe]

Noun edit

firenhyċġe f[1][2]

  1. adulteress, harlot

Declension edit

References edit

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