þyrs
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ðyrs — edh spelling
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þuris, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Cognate with Old High German duris (“demon”), Old Saxon thuris (“the rune þ”), Old Norse þurs (“giant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]þyrs m
- monster, demon, giant
- Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century):
- Ic mēsan mæg meahtelīcor / ond efnetan ealdum þyrse
- I can gorge more greedily / and eat at least as much as an old giant
- Maxims II, 42-43 (early 11th century):
- Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian / ana innan lande.
- The monster must live in the fen / alone in its land.
- Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century):
Declension
[edit]Declension of þyrs (strong a-stem)
Descendants
[edit]See also
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