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Old English · noun

þruh

Normalised þrūh

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong consonant stem
IPA
/θruːx/
Syllables
θruːx (1 syllable)
Modern English
water-channelcoffinpipetomb

Meaning

  1. a pipe or water-channel

  2. a coffin or tomb

Declension

Declension of þruh
SingularPlural
Nominative þrūhþrȳhþrūh
Accusative þrūhþrȳhþrūh
Genitive þrȳhþrūeþrūgesþrūaþrūnaþrūga
Dative þrȳhþrūgeþrūmþrūgum

All forms (10)

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse þró (“hollowed receptacle, chest, trough”).

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