nekke bon

Middle English

Alternative forms

necke bone, nekbon, nek-bon, nek bon, neke-bone, neke boon, nekkebon, nekke-bon, nekke boon
nek-bane, nekk-bane (Northern)

Etymology

From nekke (“neck”) +‎ bon (“bone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛk(ə)ˌbɔːn/
(Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkˌbaːn/

Noun

The neckbone (bone located in the neck)
(by extension) The neck (connection between head and trunk)

Descendants

English: neckbone
Scots: neckbane

References

“nekke-bōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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