deore
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːo̯re/
Usage notes
Can be used with a noun in the dative to mean dear to: "...ne cūþe nā mann swā mycel of sang...Glēoman him [wǣron] dēore." (Laym. 7004, manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth)
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | dēora | dēore | dēore | dēoran | nom. | dēore | dēore | dēoru | dēore | dēoru, -e | dēora, -e | ||
| accusative | dēoran | dēore | dēoran | acc. | dēorne | dēore | dēore | dēore | dēoru, -e | dēora, -e | |||
| genitive | dēoran | dēorra, dēorena | gen. | dēores | dēores | dēorre | dēorra | ||||||
| dative | dēoran | dēorum | dat. | dēorum | dēorum | dēorre | dēorum | ||||||
| instrumental | dēore | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
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