tacnung
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑːk.nunɡ/, [ˈtɑːk.nuŋɡ]
Noun
tācnung f
- an indication, sign, signification
- an evidence, proof
- a forewarning, prognostication
- a direction, ordering
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tācnung | tācnunga, tācnunge |
| accusative | tācnunge | tācnunga, tācnunge |
| genitive | tācnunge | tācnunga |
| dative | tācnunge | tācnungum |
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle English: takning, tokning
- English: tokening
- Scots: takinning, taknyng, taikening
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tácnung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.