Old English · noun
hreþer
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxre.θer/[ˈr̥e.ðer]
- Syllables
- ˈxre · θer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- torsochestbosom
Meaning
-
chest; bosom; torso
-
heart; mind; thought
oþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe hwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.
Man must pause when he tells a promise until bold spirit would know clearly where thought of hearts would turn.
Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,
Declension
All forms (7)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *herþrą.
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