horcwene

Old English

Etymology

From hōre (“whore”) +‎ cwene (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoːrˌkwe.ne/, [ˈhoːrˌkwe.ne]

Noun

hōrcwene f

1. adulteress, whore

Declension

Declension of horcwene (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōrcwene	hōrcwenan
accusative	hōrcwenan	hōrcwenan
genitive	hōrcwenan	hōrcwenena
dative	hōrcwenan	hōrcwenum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hōrcwene”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.