hranrad

Old English

FWOTD – 24 November 2018

Alternative forms

• hronrād

Etymology

Kenning of hran (“whale”) +‎ rād (“road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxrɑnˌrɑːd/, [ˈr̥ɑnˌrɑːd]

Noun

hranrād f

1. (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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hran-rád”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.