tacnung

Old English

Etymology

From tācnian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːk.nunɡ/, [ˈtɑːk.nuŋɡ]

Noun

tācnung f

1. an indication, sign, signification
2. an evidence, proof
3. a forewarning, prognostication
4. a direction, ordering

Declension

Declension of tacnung (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tācnung	tācnunga, tācnunge
accusative	tācnunge	tācnunga, tācnunge
genitive	tācnunge	tācnunga
dative	tācnunge	tācnungum

Related terms

• tācnian

Descendants

• Middle English: takning, tokning
  • English: tokening
  • Scots: takinning, taknyng, taikening

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tácnung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.