hryþþa

Old English

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Alternative forms

• ryþþa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hruþþjō, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“male dog”), clearly connected to Old High German rudio and Dutch reu. Possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutaną, *hrūtaną, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈryθ.θɑ/

Noun

hryþþa m (nominative plural ryþþan)

1. mastiff, large dog

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ryþþa	ryþþan
accusative	ryþþan	ryþþan
genitive	ryþþan	ryþþena
dative	ryþþan	ryþþum

Further reading

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “hruþjan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN