Old English · noun
hriþer
Normalised hrīþer
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxriː.θer/[ˈr̥iː.ðer]
- Syllables
- ˈxriː · θer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- bovinerothercattleoxcowbull
Meaning
-
cow; bull; ox; head of cattle (any bovine animal)
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hrinþiʀ (“cattle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hrīther (“cattle”).
Descendants
rother
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