Old English · noun

hring

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xrinɡ/
[r̥iŋɡ]
Syllables: xrinɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English: ring cycle festoon garland orb globe loop compression

Meaning

ring (circular band)
ring (circular mark); circle
circuit, cycle
a round object; orb, globe
a loop or ring used as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; handle
a wreath, garland, or festoon
the border of a circular area or region
the limit of a jurisdiction

Declension

Declension of hring
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hring	hringas
Accusative	hring	hringas
Genitive	hringes	hringa
Dative	hringe	hringum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hring, Old Saxon hring, Old High German ring, Old Norse hringr, also Finnish rengas. In some forms and senses, possibly influenced by related hrinċġe, hrinġe (“loop, handle, clasp”).

Descendants

ring

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