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hunig

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hunig, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§50; §109; §159; §218; §290;
Honey
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  • Ðǽr [Estland] biþ swyðe mycel hunig and fisc[n]aþ and se cyning and ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc and ða unspédigan and ða þeówan medo

    in that country there is very much honey and fishing; and the king and the principal men drink mare's milk, and the poor and the slaves mead,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 20, 15.
  • Doran hunig

    dumbledore's honey,

    • L. M. 1, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 28, 20.
    • [Cf. O. H. Ger. humbel-honag.]
  • Englisces huniges

    of English honey,

    • 2, 65
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 292, 23: 3, 71
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 358, 10.
  • Þynceþ þegna gehwelcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swétre gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ

    dulcior est apium mage labor, si malus ora pritis sapor edat,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17
    • ;
    • Met. 12, 9.
  • Swá þicce swá huniges tear

    as thick as honey that drops from the comb,

    • L. M. 1, 31
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 74, 4: 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 28, 4.
  • Tó ðam lande ðe eall fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies ... of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie

    in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis ... de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat,

    • Num. 16, 14, 13.
  • Beón gif hí man ácwellaþ cwelle hig man raðe ǽr hí tó ðam hunige cumon,

    • L. Ecg. C. 39
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 164, 2.
Etymology
[
Orm. huniȝ
:
A. R. huni
:
Ayenb. honi
:
O. Frs. hunig
:
Icel. hunang
:
O. H. Ger. honag, honig
;
Ger. honig.
]
Similar entries
v. wudu-hunig.
Linked entries
v.  teár-líc.
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