"brucan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈbruː.kɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *brūkan (“to enjoy, use”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian brūka, Old Saxon brūkan, Old Dutch *brūkan, Old High German brūhhan, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (brukjan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Latin fruor (“enjoy”). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*bʰruHg-}}, {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*brūkan||to enjoy, use}} Proto-West Germanic *brūkan (“to enjoy, use”), {{cog|ofs|brūka}} Old Frisian brūka, {{cog|osx|brūkan}} Old Saxon brūkan, {{cog|odt|*brūkan}} Old Dutch *brūkan, {{cog|goh|brūhhan}} Old High German brūhhan, {{cog|got|𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (brukjan), {{m|la|fruor||enjoy}} fruor (“enjoy”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|brūcan}} brūcan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|brūcan<s2>}} Forms: brūcan [canonical], strong [table-tags], brūcan [infinitive], brūcenne [infinitive], brūce [first-person, present, singular], brēac [first-person, past, singular], brȳcst [present, second-person, singular], bruce [past, second-person, singular], brȳcþ [present, singular, third-person], brēac [past, singular, third-person], brūcaþ [plural, present], brucon [past, plural], brūce [present, singular], bruce [past, singular], brūcen [plural, present], brucen [past, plural], brūc [imperative, past, present, singular], brūcaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], brūcende [imperative, present], brocen [imperative, past], ġebrocen [imperative, past]
  1. to use Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-brucan-ang-verb-1sSLc2ib
  2. to enjoy Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-brucan-ang-verb-6UtvX9tY
  3. to harness, take advantage of, employ, exploit Tags: with-genitive
    Sense id: en-brucan-ang-verb-ADMuw~Ru Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nēotan, notian, nyttian Derived forms: brūcing, ġebrūcan, þurhbrūcan

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        {
          "english": "Now let's enjoy this breakfast as comrades who must fetch their dinner in hell.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nUton nū brūcan þisses undernmetes swā þā sċulon þe heora ǣfenġifl on helle ġefeċċan sċulon.",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to harness, take advantage of, employ, exploit"
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        [
          "exploit",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbruː.kɑn/"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nēotan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "notian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "brucan"
}
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    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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          "english": "Now let's enjoy this breakfast as comrades who must fetch their dinner in hell.",
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          "employ",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbruː.kɑn/"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nēotan"
    },
    {
      "word": "notian"
    },
    {
      "word": "nyttian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brucan"
}

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