earsende

Old English

Etymology

From ears (“buttocks, ass”) +‎ ende (“end”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑrsˌen.de/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠzˌen.de]

Noun

earsende m

1. buttocks, breech

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	earsende	earsendas
accusative	earsende	earsendas
genitive	earsendes	earsenda
dative	earsende	earsendum

Descendants

• English: arse end

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “EARS-ENDE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.