Old English · noun

hyd

Normalised hȳd

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /xyːd/
[hyːd]
Syllables: xyːd (1 syllable)
Modern English: hide skin

Meaning

skin, hide

Nū wile monna sum mīn flǣsċ fretan, felles ne reċċeð, siþþan hē mē of sīdan seaxes orde hȳd ārȳpeð, …ec hr…þe siþþan iteð unsodene ea…

Now one of men wishes to eat my flesh, doesn't care for skin, since he tears hide from me by a point of knife's sides, since he eats uncooked…
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:

Declension

Declension of hyd
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hȳd	hȳde hȳda
Accusative	hȳd hȳde	hȳde hȳda
Genitive	hȳde	hȳda
Dative	hȳde	hȳdum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz. Cognate with Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūt, Old High German hūt, Old Norse húð; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Descendants

hide

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