- hunigsúge
- f (-an/-an) honeysuckle?, clover?, privet?
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
hunigsúge
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hunisúge — see hunigsúge … Old to modern English dictionary
honeysuckle — (n.) mid 13c., from O.E. hunigsuge, meaning perhaps honeysuckle, clover, or privet, lit. honey suck, + dim. suffix le. So called because honey can be sucked from it. In Middle English sometimes a confused rendering of L. locusta, taken as the… … Etymology dictionary
hon|ey|suck|le — «HUHN ee SUHK uhl», noun. 1. any one of various upright or climbing shrubs or vines with white, yellow, pink, scarlet, red, or purple, often fragrant, tubular flowers, that are succeeded by sweetish red, purple, yellow, white, black, or blue… … Useful english dictionary
