Old English · noun
regnscur
Normalised reġnsċūr
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈrejnˌʃuːr/
- Syllables
- ˈrejn · ˌʃuːr (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- rainshowerrain showerrainshower
Meaning
-
rain shower
Tēoh ðū forð rēnsċūras, ġif ðū miht, and ġewætera ðīne æceras. Ġif ðū mage, dō þæt sunne sċīne, þæt ðīne æceras ripion.
Draw forth rainshowers, if you can, and water your fields. If you can, make the sun shine, so that your fields ripen.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | reġnsċūr | reġnsċūras |
| Accusative | reġnsċūr | reġnsċūras |
| Genitive | reġnsċūres | reġnsċūra |
| Dative | reġnsċūre | reġnsċūrum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *regnaskūr, from Proto-Germanic *regnaskūrō. Cognate with Old Norse regnskúr. Equivalent to reġn + sċūr.
Descendants
rainshower
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