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Old English · adjective

tydre

Normalised tȳdre

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈtyːd.re/
Syllables: ˈtyːd · re (2 syllables)
Modern English: fragile brittle frail failing easily broken infirm

Meaning

easily broken; fragile; brittle
weak; frail
in failing health; infirm

Declension

Strong declension of tydre
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tȳdre	tȳdru tȳdro	tȳdre
Accusative	tȳderne	tȳdre	tȳdre
Genitive	tȳdres	tȳdre	tȳdres
Dative	tȳdrum	tȳdre	tȳdrum
Instrumental	tȳdre	tȳdre	tȳdre
Plural
Nominative	tȳdre	tȳdra tȳdre	tȳdru tȳdro
Accusative	tȳdre	tȳdra tȳdre	tȳdru tȳdro
Genitive	tȳdra	tȳdra	tȳdra
Dative	tȳdrum	tȳdrum	tȳdrum
Instrumental	tȳdrum	tȳdrum	tȳdrum

Weak declension of tydre
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tȳdra	tȳdre	tȳdre
Accusative	tȳdran	tȳdran	tȳdre
Genitive	tȳdran	tȳdran	tȳdran
Dative	tȳdran	tȳdran	tȳdran
Instrumental	tȳdran	tȳdran	tȳdran
Plural
Nominative	tȳdran	tȳdran	tȳdran
Accusative	tȳdran	tȳdran	tȳdran
Genitive	tȳdra tȳdrena	tȳdra tȳdrena	tȳdra tȳdrena
Dative	tȳdrum	tȳdrum	tȳdrum
Instrumental	tȳdrum	tȳdrum	tȳdrum

All forms (9)

tȳdre
tȳdru
tȳdro
tȳderne
tȳdres
tȳdrum
tȳdra
tȳdran
tȳdrena

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tūdrijaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; cleave; rive”). Compare Old Frisian teddre, Middle Dutch teder, Middle Low German teder.

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