eowend

Old English

Alternative forms

• eowend

Etymology

Uncertain, but perhaps from ēowend (“one who shows”, literally “show-er”), from ēowan (“to show”), equivalent to ēowan +‎ -end (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜oː.wend/

Noun

ēowend m

1. penis (perhaps specifically an erect one)

References

• Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
• T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921