drue

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German drūve (bunch). Compare German Traube (bunch, grape) (from Old High German drūbo).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /druːə/, [ˈd̥ʁuːə]

Noun[edit]

drue c (singular definite druen, plural indefinite druer)

  1. grape (fruit)
  2. (formal, humorous) wine

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French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

drue

  1. feminine singular of dru

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

drue

  1. Alternative form of drye

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun[edit]

drue f or m (definite singular drua or druen, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

  1. a grape (fruit)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun[edit]

drue f (definite singular drua, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

  1. a grape (fruit)

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Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī.

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Adjective[edit]

drue

  1. true
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Ich aam a vat hog it's drue. Aar is ken apan aam.
      I am a fat hog, 'tis true. There is ken upon them.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 36