"cu" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /kuː/
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*kō<id:cow>|id=cow}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kōz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kō", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "cu", "lang" : "ang" }" data-id="cow" data-lang="ang" data-title="cu" id="Old_English:_cow">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kō||cow|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”), {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*kō|t=cow}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|cȳ|head=cū}} cū f (nominative plural cȳ) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|cū|cȳ|cū|cȳ|cūe,cūs,cȳ|cūa,cūna|cȳ|cūm, cūum}} Forms: cū [canonical, feminine], cȳ [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cū [nominative, singular], cȳ [nominative, plural], cū [accusative, singular], cȳ [accusative, plural], cūe [genitive, singular], cūs [genitive, singular], cȳ [genitive, singular], cūa [genitive, plural], cūna [genitive, plural], cȳ [dative, singular], cūm [dative, plural], cūum [dative, plural]
  1. cow Derived forms: cūhierde, cūwearm
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of Saint James the Apostle\"\nĀn cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.",
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          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "keowe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "ku"
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "cū",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cȳ",
          "cy"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "links": [
        [
          "cū",
          "cu#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
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        [
          "cȳ",
          "cy#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "links": [
        [
          "cū",
          "cu#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
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        [
          "cȳ",
          "cy#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cūe",
          "cue#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cūs",
          "cus#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
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        [
          "cȳ",
          "cy#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūa",
      "links": [
        [
          "cūa",
          "cua#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūna",
      "links": [
        [
          "cūna",
          "cuna#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cȳ",
          "cy#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cūm",
          "cum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cūum",
          "cuum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cȳ",
        "head": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "cū f (nominative plural cȳ)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cū",
        "2": "cȳ",
        "3": "cū",
        "4": "cȳ",
        "5": "cūe,cūs,cȳ",
        "6": "cūa,cūna",
        "7": "cȳ",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English feminine nouns",
        "Old English irregular nouns",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *gʷṓws",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 31 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Old English/uː",
        "Rhymes:Old English/uː/1 syllable",
        "ang:Bovines"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of Saint James the Apostle\"\nĀn cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.",
          "translation": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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