mattuc

Old English

Alternative forms

• mattoc, mettoc, meottic, meottoc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑt.tuk/

Noun

mattuc m

1. a mattock or pickaxe

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mattuc	mattucas
accusative	mattuc	mattucas
genitive	mattuces	mattuca
dative	mattuce	mattucum

Descendants

• Middle English: mattok, mattock, mattoke, mattokke
  • English: mattock
  • Yola: mattoke

References

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