portcwen

Old English

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Alternative forms

portcuēn

Etymology

From port (“port, town”) +‎ cwēn (“woman”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈportˌkweːn/, [ˈporˠtˌkweːn]

Noun

portcwēn f

harlot, prostitute

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	portcwēn	portcwēna, portcwēne
accusative	portcwēne	portcwēna, portcwēne
genitive	portcwēne	portcwēna
dative	portcwēne	portcwēnum

References

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