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Old English · noun

þryþ

Normalised þrȳþ

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/θryːθ/
Syllables
θryːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
strengthforce

Meaning

  1. strength, power, force

    wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre, ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,

    The warriors took away the strength of spears, killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous and the storms hit these stone slopes,

    Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,

Declension

Declension of þryþ
SingularPlural
Nominative þrȳþþrȳþeþrȳþa
Accusative þrȳþþrȳþeþrȳþeþrȳþa
Genitive þrȳþeþrȳþa
Dative þrȳþeþrȳþum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrūþi, from Proto-Germanic *þrūþiz (“strength”). Cognate with Old Norse þrúðr (“strength”), whence the name Þrúðr (“daughter of Thor and Sif”).

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