Old English · noun

reohhe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈre͜ox.xe/
Syllables: ˈre͜ox · xe (2 syllables)
Modern English: ray reigh

Meaning

ray (fish)

Declension

Declension of reohhe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	reohhe	reohhan
Accusative	reohhan	reohhan
Genitive	reohhan	reohhena
Dative	reohhan	reohhum

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Old English ruhha (“ray”). See also Old English rēon (“mourning”) or rēonian (“to mutter, to conspire”), and the formation of Old English seohhe (“a strainer”) from sēon (“to strain, to filter”).

Descendants

ray, reigh

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