cunte
See also: cuntè
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cunt, cownte, counte, count, conte
Etymology
From Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkunt(ə)/
Noun
cunte
- (mildly vulgar) vagina
- a. 1300, Hending, The Proverbs of Hending, stanza 42, page 479v-r:
- Þe maide þat ȝeuit hirſilf alle. / Oþir to fre man, oþir to þralle. / Ar ringe be ſet an honde. / And pleiit with þe croke and wiþ þe balle. / And mekit gret þat erſt was ſmalle. / Þe wedding got to ſconde. / Ȝeue þi cunte to cunni[n]g / and craue affetir weddin[g] quod hendi[ng].
- The woman that gives herself totally / either to a freeman or a serf / before a ring is set on her hand / and who plays with the twig and berries / and makes great that once was small / [Her] wedding becomes shameful. / "Give your vagina with cunning / and make your requests after the wedding" said Hending.
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Descendants
- English: cunt
- Scots: cunt
References
- “cunte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
Old French
Alternative forms
- conte (France)
Etymology 1
From cunter. See conte, compte.
Noun
cunte m (oblique plural cuntes, nominative singular cuntes, nominative plural cunte)
- (Anglo-Norman) account; tale; story
Etymology 2
Variant of conte, comte.
Noun
cunte m (oblique plural cuntes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural cunte)
- (Anglo-Norman) count (nobleman)