Old English · noun
daru
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈdɑ.ru/
- Syllables
- ˈdɑ · ru (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- injuryderehurtharmdamage
Meaning
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injury; hurt, harm, damage
Þæt sǣd þe fēoll bē ðām weġe mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðāðā weġferende hit fortrǣdon, and fugelas tōbǣron.
The seed that fell by the way perished to a double injury, when the wayfarer tread upon it and when the birds carried it away.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *darō. Cognate with Old High German tara and Dutch deer.
Descendants
dere
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