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Old English · adjective

hriþig

Normalised hrīþiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxriː.θij/
[ˈr̥iː.ðij]
Syllables
ˈxriː · θij (2 syllables)
Modern English
snow-sweptswept

Meaning

  1. snow-swept

    winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ, hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.

    as now walls are standing differently over this world, blown by wind, covered by frost, the snow-swept dwellings.

    swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard

Declension

Strong declension of hriþig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hrīþiġhrīþiġuhrīþġuhrīþiġohrīþġohrīþiġ
Accusative hrīþiġnehrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġ
Genitive hrīþiġeshrīþġeshrīþiġrehrīþiġeshrīþġes
Dative hrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġrehrīþiġumhrīþġum
Instrumental hrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġrehrīþiġehrīþġe
Plural
Nominative hrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġahrīþġahrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġuhrīþġuhrīþiġohrīþġo
Accusative hrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġahrīþġahrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġuhrīþġuhrīþiġohrīþġo
Genitive hrīþiġrahrīþiġrahrīþiġra
Dative hrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġum
Instrumental hrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġum
Weak declension of hriþig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hrīþiġahrīþġahrīþiġehrīþġehrīþiġehrīþġe
Accusative hrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġehrīþġe
Genitive hrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġan
Dative hrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġan
Instrumental hrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġan
Plural
Nominative hrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġan
Accusative hrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġanhrīþiġanhrīþġan
Genitive hrīþiġrahrīþiġenahrīþġenahrīþiġrahrīþiġenahrīþġenahrīþiġrahrīþiġenahrīþġena
Dative hrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġum
Instrumental hrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġumhrīþiġumhrīþġum

All forms (20)

Etymology

From hrīþ (“snowstorm”) + -iġ (“-y”).

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