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Jutish

Jutish

1 9.9
A southern form of Old English spoken in Kent
  • noun
  • Specialized
: jutish
  • Scholars study the Jutish tongue to understand early English literature.

Examples

  • The Jutish language was once widely spoken in ancient Kent.

  • He spoke Jutish to Nithe, who was raised with them until Myrddin took her.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Historical texts provide insights into the Jutish dialect of Old English.

Synonyms

Kentish
vsJutish
  • Archaic
9.9

A dialect of English that people spoke in Kent

is specific to the southern Old English period in that same region

Surface Forms

Jutish singular
Jutishes plural

Morphology

Jutish = Jute (semi-transparent) = Jute + ish

The suffix '-ish' regularly forms adjectives meaning 'related to' or 'of the X', so 'Jute' + '-ish' straightforwardly yields 'related to the Jutes'.

Etymology

Jutish comes from the name of the Jutes, a people from Jutland in Denmark, and it means 'of the Jutes'. So Jutish is the Old English dialect those people spoke in Kent.