eowend

Old English

Alternative forms

  • eowend

Etymology

Uncertain, but perhaps from ēowend (“one who shows”, literally “show-er”), from ēowan (“to show”), equivalent to ēowan +‎ -end (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe͜oː.wend/

Noun

ēowend m

  1. penis (perhaps specifically an erect one)

References

  • Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
  • T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921
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