hysecild

hyse +‎ ċild

• IPA^(key): /ˈxy.seˌt͡ʃild/, [ˈhy.zeˌt͡ʃiɫd]

hyseċild n

1. male child

• 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.

inherited declension

a-stem declension

• mæġdenċild