æcern

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraną, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Cognate with Old Frisian akern, Old Saxon akeran, Old Norse akarn (Danish agern), Old High German ackeran (German Ecker), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran).

Folk-etymologized as āc +‎ corn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæːkern/, [ˈæːkerˠn]

Noun

ǣcern n

  1. acorn
  2. tree mast (fruit of forest trees)

Declension
Declension of æcern (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ǣcern ǣcernu
accusative ǣcern ǣcernu
genitive ǣcernes ǣcerna
dative ǣcerne ǣcernum

Descendants

References
  • ǽcern in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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