hyrst

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xyrst/, [hyrˠst]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hurstiz (“thicket, eyrie, scrub, bush”)

Noun

hyrst m (nominative plural hurstas)

1. hurst, hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence

   Wermód hér on hyrstum heasewe standeþ. ― Wormwood here in the woods stands dusky.

Descendants

• Middle English: hurst, hirst
  • English: hurst

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hurstiz, *hrustiz (“armour, armament”).

Noun

hyrst f

1. (poetic) ornament, decoration, jewel; accoutrements, trappings, armor

   Bég and siglu eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr men genumen hæfdon. ― Rings and jewels, all such ornaments as before men had taken in the hoard. (Beowulf: Th. 6309; B. 3165)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gehyrstan (“to adorn, decorate; to fry, roast”)
• gehyrst (“ornament”)
• heofonhyrst (“ornament of the heavens”)
• hyrstan (“to decorate, adorn, ornament, equip”)

• īsenhyrst (“with iron fittings”)
• trindhyrst (“circular copse”)
• wīghyrst (“war-gear, accoutrements”)