"deor" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /de͜oːr/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian diār, Old Saxon dior, Old Dutch dier, Old High German tior, Old Norse dýr, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius). The Indo-European root also led to Lithuanian dvēsti and Russian душа́ (dušá). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*deuʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*deuzą}} Proto-Germanic *deuzą, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*dʰewsóm}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm, {{cog|ofs|diār}} Old Frisian diār, {{cog|osx|dior}} Old Saxon dior, {{cog|odt|dier}} Old Dutch dier, {{cog|goh|tior}} Old High German tior, {{cog|non|dýr}} Old Norse dýr, {{cog|got|𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃}} Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), {{cog|lt|dvēsti}} Lithuanian dvēsti, {{cog|ru|душа́}} Russian душа́ (dušá) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=dēor|sort=}} dēor n, {{ang-noun|n|head=dēor}} dēor n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|dēor}}, {{ang-decl-noun|dēor|dēor|dēor|dēor|dēores|dēora|dēore|dēorum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: dēor [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], dēor [nominative, singular], dēor [nominative, plural], dēor [accusative, singular], dēor [accusative, plural], dēores [genitive, singular], dēora [genitive, plural], dēore [dative, singular], dēorum [dative, plural]
  1. wild animal, beast
    Sense id: en-deor-ang-noun-19ghX444
  2. deer
    Sense id: en-deor-ang-noun-rPW~2Ybe
  3. reindeer
    Sense id: en-deor-ang-noun-boTO84Na
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dear — Northumbrian, dior [Kentish] Derived forms: dēorcynn, dēoren, wilddēor

Download JSON data for deor meaning in Old English (4.1kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dēorcynn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dēoren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wilddēor"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "deor",
            "3": "deure",
            "4": "dure",
            "5": "dier",
            "6": "dere"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "dere",
            "3": "deir"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: dere, deir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: dere, deir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "deer"
          },
          "expansion": "English: deer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: deer"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*deuzą"
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "diār"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian diār",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "dior"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon dior",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch dier",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "tior"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German tior",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "dýr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse dýr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "dvēsti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian dvēsti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "душа́"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian душа́ (dušá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "dēor",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēores",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēorum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
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      },
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        "title": "",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "wild animal, beast"
      ],
      "id": "en-deor-ang-noun-19ghX444",
      "links": [
        [
          "wild animal",
          "wild animal"
        ],
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-deor-ang-noun-rPW~2Ybe",
      "links": [
        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reindeer"
      ],
      "id": "en-deor-ang-noun-boTO84Na",
      "links": [
        [
          "reindeer",
          "reindeer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/de͜oːr/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dear — Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Kentish"
      ],
      "word": "dior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deor"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "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 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"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dēorcynn"
    },
    {
      "word": "dēoren"
    },
    {
      "word": "wilddēor"
    }
  ],
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            "5": "dier",
            "6": "dere"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "args": {
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    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "1": "osx",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon dior",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "dier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch dier",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "tior"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German tior",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "dýr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse dýr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "душа́"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian душа́ (dušá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "dēores",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "wild animal, beast"
      ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "deer"
      ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "reindeer"
      ],
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        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/de͜oːr/"
    }
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    {
      "word": "dear — Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kentish"
      ],
      "word": "dior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deor"
}

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