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Old English · noun

hrof

Normalised hrōf

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/xroːf/
[r̥oːf]
Syllables
xroːf (1 syllable)
Modern English
roofheavens

Meaning

  1. roof

    Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes

    Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  2. the sky or heavens

Declension

Declension of hrof
SingularPlural
Nominative hrōfhrōfas
Accusative hrōfhrōfas
Genitive hrōfeshrōfa
Dative hrōfehrōfum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą. Cognate with Old Frisian hrōf, Old Saxon rōf, Dutch roef (“cabin, coffin-lid”), Old Norse hróf (“boat-shed”).

Descendants

roof

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