þryþ

From Proto-West Germanic *þrūþi, from Proto-Germanic *þrūþiz (“strength”). Cognate with Old Norse þrúðr (“strength”), whence the name Þrúðr (“daughter of Thor and Sif”).

• IPA^(key): /θryːθ/

þrȳþ f (nominative plural þrȳþe)

1. (poetic) strength, power, force
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
     wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
     ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,

     The warriors took away the strength of spears,
     killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
     and the storms hit these stone slopes,

þrȳþ is used to derive numerous female given names.

Strong i-stem:

• Middle English: thrith, thirth