Old English · noun
ur
Normalised ūr
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /uːr/
- Syllables
- uːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- aurochsrunic
Meaning
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aurochs
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the runic character (/uː/ or /u/)
(ūr) byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded... (the aurochs) is steadfast and great-horned...
The Old English rune poem
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ūr. This root survives in the modern English aurochs (though that word is a loan from German), hence its meaning.
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