tusc

• tūx

From Proto-West Germanic *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz.

• IPA^(key): /tuːsk/
• Rhymes: -uːsk

tūsc m

1. canine tooth
2. tusk
   • Wonders of the East

     Ēac swylċe þǣr beoð cende Healfhundingas ðā syndon hātene Conopoenas. Hī habbað horses manan ⁊ eoferes tucxas ⁊ hunda hēafda, ⁊ heora oruð byð swylċe fȳres līġ.

     Born there, too, are the Half-Hounds, who are known as Conopoenas. They have a horse's mane and a boar's tusks and the heads of dogs, and their breath is like a fiery flame.

• See wūsc.

Strong a-stem:

• tūsċel

• Middle English: tusk, tux, tush
  • English: tusk, tush
  • Scots: tusk