Old English · noun
purpure
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈpur.pu.re/[ˈpurˠ.pu.re]
- Syllables
- ˈpur · pu · re (3 syllables)
Meaning
-
a purple garment or material
Hwīlon cōm sē dēofol, on ānre dīgelnysse, mid purpuran ġescrȳd, and mid helme ġeglenġd, tō ðām hālgan were, þǣr hē hine ġebǣd, and cwæð, þæt hē wǣre witodlīċe sē Hǣlend.
Once the Devil came, shrouded in a purple garment and adorned with a crown, to the holy man in a recess where he was praying, and said that he was truly the Savior.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin purpura
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