bakke – Middle English noun declension

Noun: bakke

Sg.	bakke
Pl.	bakkes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like bakke

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Probably a corruption of Old Swedish nattbakka, likely related to Old English nihtwacu (“night watch”), from niht + wacu, replacing Old English hrēremūs (see reremouse), perhaps later rhymed with rat or cat, two other animals with good night vision. See: Old English Nouns 'nihtwacu', Old English Nouns 'hrēremūs'.

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