wæpenwifestre

Old English

Etymology

From wǣpen (“penis”, literally “weapon”) + wīf (“woman”) + -estre (“-ster”), literally "phallused woman"

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwæː.penˌwiː.fes.tre/, [ˈwæː.penˌwiː.ves.tre]

Noun

wǣpenwīfestre f

  1. hermaphrodite[1]

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative wǣpenwīfestre wǣpenwīfestran
accusative wǣpenwīfestran wǣpenwīfestran
genitive wǣpenwīfestran wǣpenwīfestrena
dative wǣpenwīfestran wǣpenwīfestrum

References

  1. ^ Bosworth, Joseph. “wæpen-wífestre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34395.
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