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Old English · noun

duru

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong u-stem
IPA
/ˈdu.ru/
Syllables
ˈdu · ru (2 syllables)
Modern English
dooropening

Meaning

  1. door

    ...ac untīn mē þīne dura...

    ...but open to me Thy door,...

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

  2. opening

Declension

Declension of duru
SingularPlural
Nominative durudura
Accusative durudura
Genitive duradura
Dative duradurum

All forms (3)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz.

Descendants

door

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