Old English · noun

fyrhþe

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /ˈfyrx.θe/
[ˈfyrˠx.θe]
Syllables: ˈfyrx · θe (2 syllables)
Modern English: country wooded firth preserve hunting ground forest frith game

Meaning

forest, wooded country
game preserve, hunting ground

Declension

Declension of fyrhþe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fyrhþe	fyrhþu fyrhþan
Accusative	fyrhþe fyrhþan	fyrhþu fyrhþan
Genitive	fyrhþes fyrhþan	fyrhþa fyrhþena
Dative	fyrhþe fyrhþan	fyrhþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi (“forest, woodland”), Proto-Germanic *furhiþją (“forest, wooded country”), *furhiþǭ, from *furhu (“fir; pine”), from *furahō, *furhō (“fir; pine; (fir or pine) forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”), from *perkʷ- (“oak”). Both Proto-Germanic etyma are preserved in Old English.

Descendants

firth, frith

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