hring
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iŋk
Noun
[edit]hring
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hrincg, hrinċġ, ring
- ᚱᛁᚾᚷ (rinġ) — Wheatley Hill Finger Ring
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hring, Old Saxon hring, Old High German ring, Old Norse hringr, also Finnish rengas.
In some forms and senses, possibly influenced by related hrinċġe, hrinġe (“loop, handle, clasp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hring m
- ring (circular band)
- ring (circular mark); circle
- circuit, cycle
- a round object; orb, globe
- a loop or ring used as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; handle
- a wreath, garland, or festoon
- the border of a circular area or region
- (figurative) the limit of a jurisdiction
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hring | hringas |
accusative | hring | hringas |
genitive | hringes | hringa |
dative | hringe | hringum |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hring.
Noun
[edit]hring m
Declension
[edit]Declension of hring (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | hring | hringa |
accusative | hring | hringa |
genitive | hringes | hringo |
dative | hringe | hringum |
instrumental | hringu | — |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Old Norse
[edit]Noun
[edit]hring
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”).
Noun
[edit]hring m
Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iŋk
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iŋk/1 syllable
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
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- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German masculine nouns
- Old High German a-stem nouns
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse noun forms
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon masculine nouns