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Old English · noun

hrost

Normalised hrōst

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/xroːst/
[r̥oːst]
Syllables
xroːst (1 syllable)
Modern English
roostframeworkwooden

Meaning

  1. a wooden framework of a roof

  2. a roost

Declension

Declension of hrost
SingularPlural
Nominative hrōsthrōstas
Accusative hrōsthrōstas
Genitive hrōsteshrōsta
Dative hrōstehrōstum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”). Cognate with Old Saxon hrōst m (“rafter”).

Descendants

roost

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