hryþþa
Old English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hruþþjō, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“male dog”), clearly connected to Old High German rudio and Dutch reu. Possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutaną, *hrūtaną, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈryθ.θɑ/
Noun
hryþþa m (nominative plural ryþþan)
- mastiff, large dog
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ryþþa | ryþþan |
| accusative | ryþþan | ryþþan |
| genitive | ryþþan | ryþþena |
| dative | ryþþan | ryþþum |
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hruþjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN