"heoru" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈxe͜o.ru/, [ˈhe͜o.ru]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *heru, from Proto-Germanic *heruz. Cognate with Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*heru}} Proto-West Germanic *heru, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*heruz}} Proto-Germanic *heruz, {{cog|non|hjǫrr||sword}} Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|heorwas|||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} heoru m (nominative plural heorwas), {{ang-noun|m|heorwas}} heoru m (nominative plural heorwas) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-wa-m|heor|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|heoru|heorwas|heoru|heorwas|heorwes|heorwa|heorwe|heorwum|num=|title=|type=strong wa-stem}} Forms: heorwas [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], heoru [nominative, singular], heorwas [nominative, plural], heoru [accusative, singular], heorwas [accusative, plural], heorwes [genitive, singular], heorwa [genitive, plural], heorwe [dative, singular], heorwum [dative, plural]
  1. sword Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: sweord, heoro, hioro Derived forms: herefong, heoroswealwe (english: hawk; battle-swallow) [literally], Heorugār
    Sense id: en-heoru-ang-noun-pExHse4k Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*heru"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *heru",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*heruz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *heruz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hjǫrr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sword"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *heru, from Proto-Germanic *heruz. Cognate with Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "heorwas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-wa-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heoru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heoru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "heorwas",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "heoru m (nominative plural heorwas)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "heorwas"
      },
      "expansion": "heoru m (nominative plural heorwas)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "heor",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-wa-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "heoru",
        "2": "heorwas",
        "3": "heoru",
        "4": "heorwas",
        "5": "heorwes",
        "6": "heorwa",
        "7": "heorwe",
        "8": "heorwum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong wa-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "ang:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "herefong"
        },
        {
          "english": "hawk; battle-swallow",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "word": "heoroswealwe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Heorugār"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sword"
      ],
      "id": "en-heoru-ang-noun-pExHse4k",
      "links": [
        [
          "sword",
          "sword"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sweord"
        },
        {
          "word": "heoro"
        },
        {
          "word": "hioro"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxe͜o.ru/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhe͜o.ru]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heoru"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "herefong"
    },
    {
      "english": "hawk; battle-swallow",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "heoroswealwe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heorugār"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*heru"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *heru",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*heruz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *heruz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hjǫrr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sword"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *heru, from Proto-Germanic *heruz. Cognate with Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "heorwas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-wa-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heoru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heoru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heorwum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "heorwas",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "heoru m (nominative plural heorwas)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "heorwas"
      },
      "expansion": "heoru m (nominative plural heorwas)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "heor",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-wa-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "heoru",
        "2": "heorwas",
        "3": "heoru",
        "4": "heorwas",
        "5": "heorwes",
        "6": "heorwa",
        "7": "heorwe",
        "8": "heorwum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong wa-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Weapons"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sword"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sword",
          "sword"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sweord"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxe͜o.ru/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhe͜o.ru]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "heoro"
    },
    {
      "word": "hioro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heoru"
}

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