hony
English edit
Noun edit
hony (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of honey.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 49, column 2:
- Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, dissimilated variant of *hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hony (uncountable)
- Honey (fluid made from nectar)
- Nectar; the secretion of flowers.
- (figurative) Something sweet or appealing.
- (rare) A term of affection; compare modern English honey.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: honey (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: honey, hony, huny, hinny
- Yola: henee, honi
References edit
- “hǒnī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-31.