ur in Old English

IPA: /uːr/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -uːr 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. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ūr}} Proto-West Germanic *ūr, {{cog|en|aurochs}} English aurochs Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=ūr}} ūr m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ūr}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ūr|ūras|ūr|ūras|ūres|ūra|ūre|ūrum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ūr [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ūr [nominative, singular], ūras [nominative, plural], ūr [accusative, singular], ūras [accusative, plural], ūres [genitive, singular], ūra [genitive, plural], ūre [dative, singular], ūrum [dative, plural]

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    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "oure"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ūr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūr"
    ],
    [
      "aurochs",
      "aurochs#English"
    ]
  ],
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        "inh": "1"
      },
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      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aurochs"
      },
      "expansion": "English aurochs",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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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        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūr",
      "links": [
        [
          "ūr",
          "ur#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūras",
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        [
          "ūras",
          "uras#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "accusative",
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    {
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          "ūras",
          "uras#Old_English"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūres",
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        [
          "ūres",
          "ures#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūra",
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        [
          "ūra",
          "ura#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūre",
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          "ūre",
          "ure#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūrum",
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        [
          "ūrum",
          "urum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "ūr"
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    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ūras",
        "3": "ūr",
        "4": "ūras",
        "5": "ūres",
        "6": "ūra",
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        "8": "ūrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aurochs"
      ],
      "id": "en-ur-ang-noun-q6OhSJAY",
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          "aurochs"
        ]
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The Old English rune poem\nᚢ (ūr) byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded...\nᚢ (the aurochs) is steadfast and great-horned...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "the runic character ᚢ (/uː/ or /u/)"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "ᚢ",
          "ᚢ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uːr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ur"
}

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    "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 30 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old English/uːr",
    "Rhymes:Old English/uːr/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    [
      "*ūr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūr"
    ],
    [
      "aurochs",
      "aurochs#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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  ],
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      "form": "ūr",
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
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        ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ūras",
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        [
          "ūras",
          "uras#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūr",
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūras",
      "links": [
        [
          "ūras",
          "uras#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūres",
      "links": [
        [
          "ūres",
          "ures#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūra",
      "links": [
        [
          "ūra",
          "ura#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūre",
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        [
          "ūre",
          "ure#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ūrum",
          "urum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "ūr"
      },
      "expansion": "ūr m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ūr"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ūr",
        "2": "ūras",
        "3": "ūr",
        "4": "ūras",
        "5": "ūres",
        "6": "ūra",
        "7": "ūre",
        "8": "ūrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "aurochs"
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          "aurochs"
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        {
          "text": "The Old English rune poem\nᚢ (ūr) byþ ānmōd and oferhyrnded...\nᚢ (the aurochs) is steadfast and great-horned...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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          "ᚢ",
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    {
      "ipa": "/uːr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ur"
}

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"ur" meaning in Old English

Noun