hroftigel

Old English

Etymology

From hrōf (“roof”) +‎ tiġele (“tile”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxroːfˌti.jel/, [ˈr̥oːfˌti.jel]

Noun

hrōftiġel f

1. roof tile

   Synonym: hrōfstān

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hrōftiġel	hrōftiġla, hrōftiġle
accusative	hrōftiġle	hrōftiġla, hrōftiġle
genitive	hrōftiġle	hrōftiġla
dative	hrōftiġle	hrōftiġlum

Descendants

• English: rooftile

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hróf-tigel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.