hymlice

Old English

Alternative forms
  • hymlīce
  • hymblicæ, huymblicæ

Etymology

Unknown. Liberman compares Proto-Slavic *čemerъ (“false hellebore”), also used to describe venom or poison caused by this plant, from Proto-Indo-European *kemer-. The closest Germanic cognate is Low German hemern.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxym.li.ke/, [ˈhym.li.ke], /ˈxym.liː.ke/, [ˈhym.liː.ke]

Noun

hymlice or hymlīce f

  1. Synonym of hymlic

Declension
Declension of hymlice (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hymlice hymlican
accusative hymlican hymlican
genitive hymlican hymlicena
dative hymlican hymlicum

Descendants

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 558, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 558
  2. An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press., p. 105
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