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Old English · noun

hrung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/xrunɡ/
[r̥uŋɡ]
Syllables
xrunɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English
rung

Meaning

  1. a rung

Declension

Declension of hrung
SingularPlural
Nominative hrunghrungahrunge
Accusative hrungehrungahrunge
Genitive hrungehrunga
Dative hrungehrungum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō (“pole, staff, stake, rod, spoke, rung”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ- (“to twist, bend”).

Descendants

rung

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