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Old English · noun

hreod

Normalised hrēod

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/xre͜oːd/
[r̥e͜oːd]
Syllables
xre͜oːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
reedreedy

Meaning

  1. a reed

  2. a reedy place

Declension

Declension of hreod
SingularPlural
Nominative hrēodhrēod
Accusative hrēodhrēod
Genitive hrēodeshrēoda
Dative hrēodehrēodum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hreud. Cognate with Old Frisian hriād, Old Saxon hriod, Old Dutch ried, riet, Old High German hriot, riot. Further etymology uncertain.

Descendants

reed

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