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Old English · noun

hyþ

Normalised hȳþ

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/xyːθ/
[hyːθ]
Syllables
xyːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
hithehythelanding-placeharbour

Meaning

  1. a harbour or landing-place, a hithe

    Guthlac of Crowland (674–715)

    Three men came to the landing-place.

Declension

Declension of hyþ
SingularPlural
Nominative hȳþhȳþahȳþe
Accusative hȳþehȳþahȳþe
Genitive hȳþehȳþa
Dative hȳþehȳþum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hunþjō- (“landing place”), which could have originally meant "place for transfer, transshipment," related to *hunþu (“plunder”) and the strong verb *hinþaną (“to reach for”). Cognate with Old Saxon hūþ, Old High German -hude (in place-names).

Descendants

hithe, hythe

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