Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hriːθ/

Noun

hrīþ f

1. snowstorm; storm, tempest
   • Hrið hreosende hrusan bindeð.

     The falling snowstorm binds the earth. (The Wanderer)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hriþiz. Cognate with Old High German rito. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Welsh cryd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hriθ/

Noun

hriþ m

1. fever

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz. Cognate with Old High German hrind, rind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hriːθ/

Noun

hrīþ n ‎(nominative plural hrīþeru or hrīþera)

1. A neat
2. (in the plural) cattle

Related terms

• hrīþer
• hrūþ