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  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CÚ, nom. acc; gen. cúe, cú, cuus, cús; dat.; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. cúa, cúna; dat. cuum, cúm; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §130; §166; §266; §310; §411;
A cow; vacca, bucula
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  • vacca

    • Wrt. Voc. 287, 56.
  • vacca vel

    bucula

    • Ælfc. Gl. 21
    • ;
    • Som. 59, 82
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 23, 40
    • ;
    • 78, 42.
  • Iung

    a young cow

    juvenca

    • Ælfc. Gl. 22
    • ;
    • Som. 59, 89
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 23, 46.
  • Án wearþ gebroht to ðam temple

    a cow was brought to the temple

    • Homl. Th. ii. 300, 33
    • ;
    • Chr. 1085
    • ;
    • Erl. 218, 36.
  • Gesomna cúe mesa

    collect the dung of a cow

    • L. M. 1, 38
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 98, 5.
  • On ðære cú hricge

    on the cow's back

    • M. H. 194a.
  • Be cuus horne

    of a cow's horn

    • L. In. 59,
    • ;
    • Th. i. 140, 1, 3
  • Cús eáge

    a cow's eye

    • 59
    • ;
    • Th. i. 140, 4
  • Of ðære

    from the cow

    • M. H. 194a
  • Gif mon forstele

    if a man steal a cow

    • L. Alf. pol. 16
    • ;
    • Th. i. 70, 24
    • ;
    • L. In. 38
    • ;
    • Th. i. 126, 5
    • ;
    • L. Ath. v. § 6, 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 234, 1
    • ;
    • L. O. D. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 356, 5.
  • Cúa

    of cows

    • Cod. Dipl. 201
    • ;
    • A. D. 814
    • ;
    • Kmbl. i. 353, 28.
  • Feówertig cúna

    vaccas quadraginia

    • Gen. 32, 15
    • ;
    • Cod. Dipl. 732
    • ;
    • A. D. 1016-1020
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iv. 10, 23: 949
    • ;
    • A. D. 1649-1052
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iv. 284, 8.
  • On cuum

    in vaccis

    • Ps. Lamb. 67, 31.
  • Ðú wást, ðæt ic hæbbe hnesce litlingas and ge-eáne eówa and gecelfe mid me

    nosti quod parvulos habeam teneros et oves et boves fætas mecum

    • Gen. 33, 13
    • ;
    • Cod. Dipl. 235
    • ;
    • A. D. 835
    • ;
    • Kmbl. i. 310, 18, 25, 27: 675
    • ;
    • A. D. 990
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 255, 13.
Etymology
Prompt. cowe vacca
Piers P. kow, cow
R. Brun. kie, pl.
Plat. ko, pl. koie
O. Sax., f.
Frs. kw, pl. ky, f.
O. Frs. ku, f.
Dut. koe, f.
Kil. koe, koeye
Ger. kuh, f.
M. H. Ger. kuo, f.
O. H. Ger. kua, kó, f.
Dan. ko, koe
Swed. ko, f.
Icel. kýr, f. dat. and acc.
Lat. cēva a heifer
Sansk. go, gaus bos, vacca
Derived forms
folc-cú, mete-,
Linked entries
v.  cuu folc-cú.
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