Old English · noun
hrycg
Normalised hryċġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xryjj/[r̥yd͡ʒ]
- Syllables
- xryjj (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- rigspinebackridge
Meaning
-
back, spine
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The moon always turns its back to the sun...
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Old High German rucki, Old Norse hryggr.
Descendants
ridge, rig
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