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Old English · noun

earh

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /æ͜ɑrx/
[æ͜ɑrˠx]
Syllables: æ͜ɑrx (1 syllable)
Modern English: arrow

earh1 · adjective · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of earg

Declension

Strong declension of earh
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	earh	earh	earh
Accusative	eargne	earge	earh
Genitive	earges	eargre	earges
Dative	eargum	eargre	eargum
Instrumental	earge	eargre	earge
Plural
Nominative	earge	earga earge	earh
Accusative	earge	earga earge	earh
Genitive	eargra	eargra	eargra
Dative	eargum	eargum	eargum
Instrumental	eargum	eargum	eargum

Weak declension of earh
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	earga	earge	earge
Accusative	eargan	eargan	earge
Genitive	eargan	eargan	eargan
Dative	eargan	eargan	eargan
Instrumental	eargan	eargan	eargan
Plural
Nominative	eargan	eargan	eargan
Accusative	eargan	eargan	eargan
Genitive	eargra eargena	eargra eargena	eargra eargena
Dative	eargum	eargum	eargum
Instrumental	eargum	eargum	eargum

earh2 · noun · feminine

Senses

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Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of earh
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	earh	ēarwa ēarwe
Accusative	ēarwe	ēarwa ēarwe
Genitive	ēarwe	ēarwa
Dative	ēarwe	ēarwum

All forms (13)

earh
eargne
earge
earges
eargre
eargum
earga
eargra
eargan
eargena
ēarwa
ēarwe
ēarwum

Etymology

See earg.

From Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Near cognates include Gothic (arƕazna) and Old Norse ǫr; further cognates include Latin arcus (“bow”).

Descendants

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