hony

English

Noun

hony (uncountable)

Obsolete form of honey.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 49, column 2:
  Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?

Middle English

Alternative forms

honi, huni, hunni, huny, huniȝ, huni, hunig

Etymology

From Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, dissimilated variant of *hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhuniː/, /ˈhoːniː/

Noun

hony (uncountable)

Honey (fluid made from nectar)
Nectar; the secretion of flowers.
(figurative) Something sweet or appealing.
(rare) A term of affection; compare modern English honey.

Derived terms

Descendants

English: honey (see there for further descendants)
Scots: honey, hony, huny, hinny
Yola: henee, honi

References

“hǒnī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-31.

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