hundes tunge

Old English

Etymology

From hundes (“dog's”) +‎ tunge (“tongue”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxun.des ˈtun.ɡe/, [ˈhun.des ˈtuŋ.ɡe]

Noun

hundes tunge n

1. hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)

Descendants

• Middle English: houndestonge, hundes tunga, hundestunge, hundestounge, houndystonge, hundystonge, howndystonge
  • English: hound's tongue, houndstongue
  • Scots: hoond's tongue

References

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