hranrad
Old English
FWOTD – 24 November 2018
Alternative forms
Etymology
Kenning of hran (“whale”) + rād (“road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxrɑnˌrɑːd/, [ˈr̥ɑnˌrɑːd]
Noun
hranrād f
- (poetic) ocean
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hranrād | hranrāda, hranrāde |
| accusative | hranrāde | hranrāda, hranrāde |
| genitive | hranrāde | hranrāda |
| dative | hranrāde | hranrādum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hran-rád”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.