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Old English · noun

hrea

Normalised hrēa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/xræ͜ɑː/
[r̥æ͜ɑː]
Syllables
xræ͜ɑː (1 syllable)
Modern English
consumptiondissipationwastingindigestion

Meaning

  1. consumption (dissipation, wasting away)

  2. indigestion

Declension

Declension of hrea
SingularPlural
Nominative hrēahrēan
Accusative hrēanhrēan
Genitive hrēanhrēana
Dative hrēanhrēamhrēaum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrawō, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau (“raw”). Compare Icelandic hrái (“rawness”).

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