Old English · noun

hryre

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /ˈxry.re/
[ˈr̥y.re]
Syllables: ˈxry · re (2 syllables)
Modern English: downfall descent fall

Meaning

a fall or descent

Hægles hryre

a fall of hail.
downfall, destruction, ruin

Hryre wong gecrong

the place has fallen to ruin. (The Ruin)

Declension

Declension of hryre
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hryre	hryras
Accusative	hryre	hryras
Genitive	hryres	hryra
Dative	hryre	hryrum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hruzjaz (“a fall, collision”), from Proto-Indo-European *krow- (“to fall, beat, break”). Related to Old English hrēosan (“to fall, plunge, rush, topple”). More at hurt.

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