hyþ

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Old English

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hunþjō- (landing place), which could have originally meant "place for transfer, transshipment," related to *hunþu (plunder) and the strong verb *hinþaną (to reach for).[1]

Cognate with Old Saxon hūþ, Old High German -hude (in place-names).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hȳþ f (nominative plural hȳþa or hȳþe)

  1. a harbour or landing-place, a hithe
    • Guthlac of Crowland (674–715):
      Comon ðær þry men to ðære hyðe.
      Three men came to the landing-place.

Descendants

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  • Middle English: hythe
    • English: hythe, hithe
    • Scots: hyth, hythe

References

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  1. ^ Vaan, M. d. (2017). The Dawn of Dutch: Language Contact in the Western Low Countries Before 1200. Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 442