"bru" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /bruː/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*brūwō}} Proto-Germanic *brūwō, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*h₃bʰrúHs||brow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=brū|sort=}} brū f, {{ang-noun|f|head=brū}} brū f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|brūw|nomsg=brū}}, {{ang-decl-noun|brū|brūwa,brūwe|brūwe|brūwa,brūwe|brūwe|brūwa|brūwe|brūwum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: brū [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], brū [nominative, singular], brūwa [nominative, plural], brūwe [nominative, plural], brūwe [accusative, singular], brūwa [accusative, plural], brūwe [accusative, plural], brūwe [genitive, singular], brūwa [genitive, plural], brūwe [dative, singular], brūwum [dative, plural]
  1. an eyelash
    Sense id: en-bru-ang-noun-qGkqbjRd
  2. an eyebrow Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-bru-ang-noun-jTjaWrxN Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 98 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oferbrū (english: eyebrow)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "eyebrow",
      "word": "oferbrū"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "browe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: browe, broȝ, brou, brow, bru, brouwe, brwe, bruwe\nEnglish: brow\nGeordie English: broo\nScots: broo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: browe, broȝ, brou, brow, bru, brouwe, brwe, bruwe\nEnglish: brow\nGeordie English: broo\nScots: broo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brūwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brūwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃bʰrúHs",
        "4": "",
        "5": "brow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brū",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "brū",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "brū f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "brū"
      },
      "expansion": "brū f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brūw",
        "nomsg": "brū"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brū",
        "2": "brūwa,brūwe",
        "3": "brūwe",
        "4": "brūwa,brūwe",
        "5": "brūwe",
        "6": "brūwa",
        "7": "brūwe",
        "8": "brūwum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an eyelash"
      ],
      "id": "en-bru-ang-noun-qGkqbjRd",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ang:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an eyebrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-bru-ang-noun-jTjaWrxN",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyebrow",
          "eyebrow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bruː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bru"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English feminine 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 inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English ō-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "eyebrow",
      "word": "oferbrū"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "browe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: browe, broȝ, brou, brow, bru, brouwe, brwe, bruwe\nEnglish: brow\nGeordie English: broo\nScots: broo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: browe, broȝ, brou, brow, bru, brouwe, brwe, bruwe\nEnglish: brow\nGeordie English: broo\nScots: broo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brūwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brūwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃bʰrúHs",
        "4": "",
        "5": "brow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brū",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brūwum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "brū",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "brū f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "brū"
      },
      "expansion": "brū f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brūw",
        "nomsg": "brū"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brū",
        "2": "brūwa,brūwe",
        "3": "brūwe",
        "4": "brūwa,brūwe",
        "5": "brūwe",
        "6": "brūwa",
        "7": "brūwe",
        "8": "brūwum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an eyelash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an eyebrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyebrow",
          "eyebrow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bruː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bru"
}

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