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Old English · noun

breosa

Normalised brēosa

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈbre͜oː.sɑ/
[ˈbre͜oː.zɑ]
Syllables: ˈbre͜oː · sɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: breese horsefly breeze gadfly

Meaning

breese (horsefly); gadfly

Declension

Declension of breosa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brēosa	brēosan
Accusative	brēosan	brēosan
Genitive	brēosan	brēosena
Dative	brēosan	brēosum

All forms (4)

brēosa
brēosan
brēosena
brēosum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brimsi, a variant of *brimusi ~ *brimussju, from Proto-Germanic *brimusī, related to Proto-Germanic *bremô (“gadfly”).

Descendants

breese, breeze

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