þryþ

Old English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θryːθ/

Noun

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,

Usage notes

þrȳþ is used to derive numerous female given names.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þrȳþ	þrȳþe, þrȳþa
accusative	þrȳþ, þrȳþe	þrȳþe, þrȳþa
genitive	þrȳþe	þrȳþa
dative	þrȳþe	þrȳþum

Derived terms

• Ælfþryþ
• Æþelþrȳþ
• Beorhtþrȳþ
• Burgþrȳþ
• Cēolþrȳþ
• Ēadþrȳþ
• Ealdþrȳþ
• Ēaþrȳþ
• Helmþrȳþ
• Hildeþrȳþ
• Mildþrȳþ
• Ōsþrȳþ
• Rīcþrȳþ
• Sǣþrȳþ
• Seleþrȳþ
• þrȳþswīþ
• Wilþrȳþ
• Wineþrȳþ
• Wulfþrȳþ

Descendants

• Middle English: thrith, thirth