æcern
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *akraną, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Cognate with Old Frisian akern, Old Saxon akeran, Old Norse akarn (Danish agern), Old High German ackeran (German Ecker), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran).
Folk-etymologized as āc + corn.
Pronunciation
Noun
ǣcern n
Declension
Declension of æcern (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽcern”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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