hyscan

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hiscan

Etymology

From hux, hucs, husc (insult, scorn, scoffing, mockery).

Verb

hyscan

  1. (transitive) To mock, deride, taunt, reproach

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • gehyscan
  • hȳscend
  • onhȳscan

Descendants

References

  • hyscan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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