leckernie

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From lecker (tasty) +‎ -nië.

Noun

leckernië f

  1. delicacy, snack
    • 1492, Sermones Bernardi In Duytſſche [Sermones Bernardi In Dutch], page 328:
      Ick bidde v mijn lieue eñ ſeer gemĩde bꝛueders en laet v herre niet beʒwaret woꝛdẽ mit waerlickẽ ſoꝛchuoldicheit wãt van leckernie ende van dꝛonckẽſchap god ſi ghelouet en behoue ic v niet alteʒeer te vermanen of vã te ʒegggẽ
      I pray you, my dear and much beloved brothers, and may you gentlemen not be burdened by utter carefulness, for from delicacy and drunkenness God is believed in, and I don't want to admonish you too much or to say something of it

Declension

Weak feminine
Singular Plural
Nominative leckernië leckerniën
Accusative leckernië leckerniën
Genitive leckerniën leckerniën
Dative leckernië, leckerniën leckerniën

Descendants

  • Dutch: lekkernij

References