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Old English · noun

hriþ

Normalised hrīþ

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/xriːθ/
[r̥iːθ]
Syllables
xriːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
snowstormtempestfeverstorm

hriþ1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. a bull or cow

  2. cattle

hriþ2 · noun · feminine/neuter

Senses

  1. snowstorm; storm, tempest

    wintres wōma, · þonne won cymeð,

    ground binds the falling snowstorm, howling of winter, then the dark comes,

    hrīð hrēosende · hruse bindeð,

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of hriþ
SingularPlural
Nominative hrīþhrīþahrīþehrīþ
Accusative hrīþehrīþhrīþahrīþehrīþ
Genitive hrīþehrīþeshrīþa
Dative hrīþehrīþum

hriþ3 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. fever

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrinþ, from Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz. Cognate with Old High German hrind, rind.

From Proto-West Germanic *hrīþu, from Proto-Germanic *hrīþō (“sudden attack; seizure; fit; storm”). Cognate with Old Norse hríð.

From Proto-West Germanic *hriþi, from Proto-Germanic *hriþiz. Cognate with Old High German rito. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Welsh cryd.

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