hror

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzaz (“active, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to mix, stir, seethe”). Possibly cognate with Proto-Norse ᚺᚱᛟᛉᚨᛉ (hroʀaʀ, male given name). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xroːr/, [r̥oːr]

Adjective

hrōr

1. stirring, active
2. nimble, agile
3. stout, vigorous, strong

Declension

Declension of hrōr — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrōr	hrōr	hrōr
Accusative	hrōrne	hrōre	hrōr
Genitive	hrōres	hrōrre	hrōres
Dative	hrōrum	hrōrre	hrōrum
Instrumental	hrōre	hrōrre	hrōre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrōre	hrōra, hrōre	hrōr
Accusative	hrōre	hrōra, hrōre	hrōr
Genitive	hrōrra	hrōrra	hrōrra
Dative	hrōrum	hrōrum	hrōrum
Instrumental	hrōrum	hrōrum	hrōrum

Declension of hrōr — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrōra	hrōre	hrōre
Accusative	hrōran	hrōran	hrōre
Genitive	hrōran	hrōran	hrōran
Dative	hrōran	hrōran	hrōran
Instrumental	hrōran	hrōran	hrōran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hrōran	hrōran	hrōran
Accusative	hrōran	hrōran	hrōran
Genitive	hrōrra, hrōrena	hrōrra, hrōrena	hrōrra, hrōrena
Dative	hrōrum	hrōrum	hrōrum
Instrumental	hrōrum	hrōrum	hrōrum

Derived terms

• felahrōr (“very active”)

Related terms

• hrēran

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HRŌR”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.