Old English · noun
eoh
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /e͜ox/
- Syllables
- e͜ox (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- yoghdependinghorseyewsteedconsonantvowel
eoh1 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
horse, steed
-
the runic character (/e(ː)/)
byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn...
The horse is for earls as a princely pleasure...
The Old English rune poem
Declension · strong a-stem
eoh2 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
yew tree
-
the runic character (/e͜o(ː)/, or /ç/ depending on its use as a vowel or a consonant)
byþ ūtan unsmēþe trēow... Yew is on the outside a rough-barked tree...
The Old English rune poem
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (12)
Etymology
PIE word *h₁éḱwos From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.
A variant of īw (from Proto-Germanic *īwaz) with a guttural consonant, from Proto-West Germanic *īh, from *īhwaz. Cognate with Old High German īwa (German Eibe), Middle Low German īwe, Dutch ijf, Old Norse ýr (“bow, yew”). The Indo-European root is perhaps also the source of Old Irish ibar (Irish iúr), Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiwas (Lithuanian ievà), Proto-Slavic *jьva (Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”)), Latin ūva (“bunch of grapes”)).
Descendants
yogh
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