þunwange

Old English

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þunwange

heafodban

brægn

eage

lippa

nosu

muþ

cinn

ceoce

eare

þunwange

heals

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Alternative forms

• þunwang, þunwenge

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German dunwengi, Old Norse þunnvangi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθunˌwɑn.ɡe/, [ˈθunˌwɑŋ.ɡe]

Noun

þunwange f

1. temple (region of the skull)

Usage notes

Though þunwange has the form of a strong feminine noun, it is commonly declined as weak by analogy to the usually weak neuter wange.

Declension

Declension of þunwange (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þunwange	þunwangan
accusative	þunwange	þunwangan
genitive	þunwangan	þunwangena
dative	þunwangan	þunwangum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þunwang”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Alan Campbell (1962) chapter XI, in Old English Grammar‎^[2], Oxford, Clarendon Press, B, page 249, §618