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Old English · noun

hringþegu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈxrinɡˌθe.ɡu/
[ˈr̥iŋɡˌθe.ɣu]
Syllables
ˈxrinɡ · ˌθe · ɡu (3 syllables)
Modern English
giftrings

Meaning

  1. gift of rings

    Ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe, ne tō hringþege, ne tō wīfe wyn, ne tō worulde hyht, ne ymbe ōwiht elles, nefne ymb ȳða ġewealc, ac ā hafað longunge sē þe on lagu fundað.

    His mind is not for a harp, nor for a gift of ring, nor for a wife’s mirth, nor for world’s hope, nor about anything else, unless about the rolling of waves, but he always has a longing, the one who rushes onto the sea.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Declension

Declension of hringþegu
SingularPlural
Nominative hringþeguhringþegahringþege
Accusative hringþegehringþegahringþege
Genitive hringþegehringþega
Dative hringþegehringþegum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From hring (“ring”) + *þegu (“taking”).

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