þryþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrūþi, from Proto-Germanic *þrūþiz (“strength”). Cognate with Old Norse þrúðr (“strength”), whence the name Þrúðr (“daughter of Thor and Sif”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θryːθ/

Noun

þrȳþ f (nominative plural þrȳþe)

1. (poetic) strength, power, force

Usage notes

þrȳþ is used to derive numerous female given names.

Declension

Declension of þrȳþ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þrȳþ	þrȳþe, þrȳþa
accusative	þrȳþ, þrȳþe	þrȳþe, þrȳþa
genitive	þrȳþe	þrȳþa
dative	þrȳþe	þrȳþum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• þrȳþswīþ
• Ælfþryþ
• Æþelþrȳþ
• Beorhtþrȳþ
• Burgþrȳþ
• Cēolþrȳþ
• Ēadþrȳþ
• Ealdþrȳþ
• Ēaþrȳþ
• Helmþrȳþ
• Hildeþrȳþ
• Mildþrȳþ
• Ōsþrȳþ
• Rīcþrȳþ
• Sǣþrȳþ
• Seleþrȳþ
• Wilþrȳþ
• Wineþrȳþ
• Wulfþrȳþ

Descendants

• Middle English: thrith, thirth