Old English · noun

fyrhþ

Part of speech: noun, feminine / neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /fyrxθ/
[fyrˠxθ]
Syllables: fyrxθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: forest firth hunting ground wooded frith preserve

Meaning

forest, wooded country
game preserve, hunting ground

Declension

Declension of fyrhþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fyrhþ	fyrhþ fyrhþa fyrhþe
Accusative	fyrhþ fyrhþe	fyrhþ fyrhþa fyrhþe
Genitive	fyrhþes fyrhþe	fyrhþa
Dative	fyrhþe	fyrhþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *furhiþ n, *furhiþi f (“forest, wooded country”), from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furahō (“fir, pine”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkos (“oak”).

Descendants

firth, frith

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