hriþer

See also: hrither

Old English

Alternative forms

• hrūþer, hrȳþer

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrinþiʀ (“cattle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hrīther (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxriː.θer/, [ˈr̥iː.ðer]

Noun

hrīþer n

1. (countable) cow; bull; ox; head of cattle (any bovine animal)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hrīþer	hrīþeru
accusative	hrīþer	hrīþeru
genitive	hrīþeres	hrīþera
dative	hrīþere	hrīþerum

Descendants

• Middle English: rother, reother, rither, rether
  • English: rother