hungor

Middle English

Noun

hungor

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hunger

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. Cognate with Old Frisian hunger, Old Saxon hungar, Old High German hungar, Old Norse hungr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxun.ɡor/, [ˈhuŋ.ɡor]

Noun

hungor m

1. hunger
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...⁊ þǣr wæs sittende eahta mōnaþ, oþ hē hīe ealle hungre ācwealde, ⁊ þā burg tōwearp....

     533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania...and he sat there for eight months, until he killed them all with hunger, and destroyed the city...

2. famine
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.

     And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hungor	hungras
accusative	hungor	hungras
genitive	hungres	hungra
dative	hungre	hungrum

Derived terms

• hyngran

Descendants

• Middle English: hunger, hunngerr, hungor, hungær, hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur
  • English: hunger
  • Scots: hounger, hunger