broþor
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *brōþer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brōþor m
- brother
- Mīn brōþor hæfþ twēġen cattas.
- My brother has two cats.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...
- Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...
Usage notes
[edit]- The word brōþor is attested in many different forms in the plural. The unmarked form, identical to the singular, is “attested early,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary also describes the forms with <-ru> as “frequent,” along with the forms with <-ra>. The forms with <ġe-> are described by the Oxford English Dictionary as being from “a typical West Germanic formation in which the prefix denotes mutual relationship.”
Declension
[edit]Declension of brōþor
Derived terms
[edit]- brōþorcwealm (“fratricide”)
- brōþorlēas
- brōþorlīċ
- brōþorrǣden
- brōþorsċiepe
- brōþorsleġe (“fratricide”)
Descendants
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English terms with usage examples
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- ang:Male family members