Old English · noun
hrace
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxrɑ.ke/[ˈr̥ɑ.ke]
- Syllables
- ˈxrɑ · ke (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- gorgegeologygulletjawsmawoutletthroat
Meaning
-
throat, gullet
-
the jaws, maw
-
gorge; a narrow outlet at the upper end of a valley
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hrakō, from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”).
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