Old English · noun
scur
Normalised sċūr
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / feminine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ʃuːr/
- Syllables
- ʃuːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- shower
Meaning
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shower
Þæt sē mon ne wāt þe him on foldan fæġrost limpeð, hū iċ earmċeariġ īsċealdne sǣ winter wunade wræċċan lāstum, winemǣgum bidroren, bihongen hrīmġiċelum; hæġl sċūrum flēag.
The man does not know that who befalls most fairly on land, how wretched I dwelt winter on ice-cold sea by outcast’s paths, bereft of kinsmen, behung with frost-icicles; hail flew by showers.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From the merger of Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”) and Proto-Germanic *skūraz (“rainshower”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-(e)ro-. Cognate with Old High German scūr, Old Norse skúr.
Descendants
shower
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