Old English · noun
cu
Normalised cū
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /kuː/
- Syllables
- kuː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- cow
Meaning
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cow
Ān cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.
A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Of Saint James the Apostle"
Declension
All forms (8)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).
Descendants
cow
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