Old English · adverb
nu
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /nuː/
- Syllables
- nuː (1 syllable)
nu1 · adverb
Senses
now
Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.
I'm in the kitchen right now.
just (in the sense "recently")
Iċ wæs nū on þǣre cyċenan.
I was just in the kitchen.
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
now that
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.
Descendants
noo, now
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