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Old English · noun

bru

Normalised brū

Part of speech
noun, feminine
IPA
/bruː/
Syllables
bruː (1 syllable)
Modern English
broobroweyelasheyebrow

Meaning

  1. an eyelash

  2. an eyebrow

Declension

Declension of bru
SingularPlural
Nominative brūbrūwebrūwa
Accusative brūwebrūwebrūwa
Genitive brūwebrūwabrūna
Dative brūwebrūwum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).

Descendants

broo, brow

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