wuduhunig

Old English

Etymology

From wudu (“wood, forest”) +‎ huniġ (“honey”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.duˌxu.nij/, [ˈwu.duˌhu.nij]

Noun

wuduhuniġ m

1. wild honey
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 3:4

     And hys mete wæs gærstapan and wuduhuniġ

     And his food was locusts and wild honey.

References

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