hysecild

== Old English == === Etymology === hyse +‎ ċild === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxy.seˌt͡ʃild/, [ˈhy.zeˌt͡ʃiɫd] === Noun === hyseċild n male child c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents" ==== Usage notes ==== Though hyse is poetic, hyseċild is a frequent prose word, often occurring alongside mæġdenċild (“female child”). This makes it one of a small class of prose compounds that have a poetic word as a component. Other examples include brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), gūþfana (“war banner”), mǣċefisċ (“mullet”), mæġeþhād (“virginity”), nafugār (“auger”), neorxnawang (“paradise”), randbēag (“boss of a shield”), tōþgār (“toothpick”), and wynsum (“pleasant”). Also the obscured compound ēored (“cavalry”) ← earlier *eohrād. One interpretation of these compounds is that they were already very old, reaching back to a time when both components were commonplace in ordinary speech. ==== Declension ==== inherited declension Strong z-stem: a-stem declension Strong a-stem: ==== Antonyms ==== mæġdenċild