Osþryþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Ansuþrūþiz, equivelent to ōs (“god”) + þrȳþ (“strength, power, force”). Cognate with Old Norse Ásþrúðr and Icelandic Ásþrúður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːsˌθryːθ/

Proper noun

Ōsþrȳþ f

1. a female given name

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 72 (Æthelred, king, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede; grant, appended to a bull of Pope Agatho, of land at Breedon on the Hill, Leics.; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbys.); Cedenac; Swineshead, Lincs.; Heanbyrig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Salop.; Costesford; Stretford (? Stretford, Salop.); Wattlesborough and Lizard, Salop.; Æthelhuniglond (? in Kent); and Bardney), Osþryþ is mentioned as "Os∂ri∂e" in the Old Text Section.