eoh

Old English

Etymology 1

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e͜ox/
• Rhymes: -e͜ox

Noun

eoh m

2. (poetic) horse, steed
3. the runic character ᛖ (/e(ː)/)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛖ byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn...

     The horse is for earls as a princely pleasure...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	eoh	ēos
accusative	eoh	ēos
genitive	ēos	ēona
dative	ēo	ēom, ēoum

Sometimes attested as neuter: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	eoh	eoh
accusative	eoh	eoh
genitive	ēos	ēona
dative	ēo	ēom, ēoum

Synonyms

• hors (normal prose term)
• mearh

Etymology 2

A variant of īw (from Proto-Germanic *īwaz) with a guttural consonant, from Proto-West Germanic *īh, from *īhwaz.

Cognate with Old High German īwa (German Eibe), Middle Low German īwe, Dutch ijf, Old Norse ýr (“bow, yew”). The Indo-European root is perhaps also the source of Old Irish ibar (Irish iúr), Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiwas (Lithuanian ievà), Proto-Slavic *jьva (Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”)), Latin ūva (“bunch of grapes”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e͜oːx/
• Rhymes: -e͜oːx

Noun

ēoh m (Late West Saxon)

2. (poetic) yew tree
3. the runic character ᛇ (/e͜o(ː)/, or /ç/ depending on its use as a vowel or a consonant)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛇ byþ ūtan unsmēþe trēow...

     Yew is on the outside a rough-barked tree...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ēoh	ēohas
accusative	ēoh	ēohas
genitive	ēohes	ēoha
dative	ēohe	ēohum