Old English · noun

þyrs

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /θyrs/
[θyrˠs]
Syllables: θyrs (1 syllable)
Modern English: monster thurse demon giant

Meaning

monster, demon, giant

Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century)

I can gorge more greedily / and eat at least as much as an old giant

Declension

Declension of þyrs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þyrs	þyrsas
Accusative	þyrs	þyrsas
Genitive	þyrses	þyrsa
Dative	þyrse	þyrsum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þuris, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Cognate with Old High German duris (“demon”), Old Saxon thuris (“the rune þ”), Old Norse þurs (“giant”).

Descendants

thurse

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