mattuc

Old English

Alternative forms

mattoc, mettoc, meottic, meottoc, meottic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑt.tuk/

Noun

mattuc m

a mattock or pickaxe

Declension

Declension of mattuc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mattuc	mattucas
accusative	mattuc	mattucas
genitive	mattuces	mattuca
dative	mattuce	mattucum

Descendants

Middle English: mattok, mattock, mattoke, mattokke
- English: mattock
- Yola: mattoke

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mattuc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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