Old English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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hīwcund[1][2]

  1. domestic

Declension

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References

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