acweorna

Old English

Alternative forms

• āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna, ācuaerna

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːk.we͜or.nɑ/, [ˈɑːk.we͜orˠ.nɑ]
• Rhymes: -e͜or.nɑ

Noun

ācweorna m

1. squirrel

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ācweorna	ācweornan
accusative	ācweornan	ācweornan
genitive	ācweornan	ācweornena
dative	ācweornan	ācweornum

Related terms

• ācwern

Descendants

• Middle English: acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne, aquierne
  • >? English: con, conn (“squirrel”) (dialectal) (compare Old Norse íkorni)
  • >? Scots: con (“squirrel”) (compare Old Norse íkorni)