Old English · noun
dierþu
Normalised dīerþu
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈdi͜yːr.θu/[ˈdi͜yːrˠ.θu]
- Syllables
- ˈdi͜yːr · θu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- costlinessdearthpreciousness
Meaning
-
costliness, preciousness
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, equivalent to dīere + -þu.
Descendants
dearth
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