eldertongue

Old English · noun

notu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈno.tu/
Syllables
ˈno · tu (2 syllables)
Modern English
noteemploymentenjoymentdischargeusefunctionaffairsconducting

Meaning

  1. use

  2. enjoyment

  3. profit, advantage, utility

  4. an office; occupation, employment, function, work

  5. the conducting of business, business affairs; the discharge of duty or office

Declension

Declension of notu
SingularPlural
Nominative notunotanote
Accusative notenotanote
Genitive notenota
Dative notenotum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *notu, from Proto-Germanic *nutō (“use, enjoyment”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”). Cognate with Old Frisian note (“income from agriculture and animal husbandry”), Middle Dutch not (“income from the land”), Old High German nuz (“use”, noun). Related to Old English nytt (“use”), Old English nēotan (“to use, enjoy, possess”), Old English nēat (“cattle, property”). More at neat.

Descendants

note

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