fyrhþe

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi (“forest, woodland”), Proto-Germanic *furhiþją (“forest, wooded country”), *furhiþǭ, from *furhu (“fir; pine”), from *furahō, *furhō (“fir; pine; (fir or pine) forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”), from *perkʷ- (“oak”). Both Proto-Germanic etyma are preserved in Old English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfyrx.θe/, [ˈfyrˠx.θe]

Noun

fyrhþe n

  1. forest, wooded country
  2. game preserve, hunting ground

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative fyrhþe fyrhþu
accusative fyrhþe fyrhþu
genitive fyrhþes fyrhþa
dative fyrhþe fyrhþum

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative fyrhþe fyrhþan
accusative fyrhþan fyrhþan
genitive fyrhþan fyrhþena
dative fyrhþan fyrhþum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: frith, firth
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