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Old English · noun

tear

Normalised tēar

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/tæ͜ɑːr/
Syllables
tæ͜ɑːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
tearductliquiddrop

Meaning

  1. tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct)

    tēar ġēotan

    to shed a tear

Declension

Declension of tear
SingularPlural
Nominative tēartēaras
Accusative tēartēaras
Genitive tēarestēara
Dative tēaretēarum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tahr.

Descendants

tear

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