leactun

Old English

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Alternative forms

• lēahtūn, lēhtūn

Etymology

From lēac (“allium”) +‎ tūn (“enclosure, garden”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæ͜ɑːkˌtuːn/

Noun

lēactūn m

1. herb garden, kitchen garden

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lēactūn	lēactūnas
accusative	lēactūn	lēactūnas
genitive	lēactūnes	lēactūna
dative	lēactūne	lēactūnum

References

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