hreod

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hreud. Cognate with Old Frisian hriād, Old Saxon hriod, Old Dutch ried, riet, Old High German hriot, riot. Further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xre͜oːd/, [r̥e͜oːd]

Noun

hrēod n

1. a reed
2. a reedy place

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hrēod	hrēod
accusative	hrēod	hrēod
genitive	hrēodes	hrēoda
dative	hrēode	hrēodum

Derived terms

• *hrēoden

Descendants

• Middle English: red, red, reed, reede, reod, reede, rode, rued
  • English: reed
  • Scots: reed