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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hreuwan (“to cause pain, regret”) + *-u.
Noun
*hreuwu f[1]
- regret
- penance
Inflection
| ō-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*hreuwu
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| Genitive
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*hreuwā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hreuwu
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*hreuwō
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| Accusative
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*hreuwā
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*hreuwā
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| Genitive
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*hreuwā
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*hreuwō
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| Dative
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*hreuwē
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*hreuwōm, *hreuwum
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| Instrumental
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*hreuwu
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*hreuwōm, *hreuwum
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *hreuwu”
