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Old English · adverb

nu

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/nuː/
Syllables
nuː (1 syllable)

nu1 · adverb

Senses

  1. now

    Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.

    I'm in the kitchen right now.

  2. just (in the sense "recently")

    Iċ wæs nū on þǣre cyċenan.

    I was just in the kitchen.

  3. since

    Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.

    Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

nu2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. now that

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Descendants

noo, now

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