þrymm
Old English
FWOTD – 28 July 2013
Alternative forms
- þrym
Etymology
Akin to Old Norse þrymr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θrymm/
Noun
þrymm m (nominative plural þrymmas)
- host, army
- force, power, glory
- c. 950, Maxims II, Lines 4-5
- [...] þunar byð þragum hludast. Þrymmas syndan Cristes myccle.
Wyrd byð swiðost, winter byð cealdost [...] - [...] thunder is sometimes loudest. Christ’s glories are great.
Wyrd is strongest, winter is coldest [...]
- [...] þunar byð þragum hludast. Þrymmas syndan Cristes myccle.
- c. 950, Maxims II, Lines 4-5
Declension
Declension of þrymm (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | þrymm | þrymmas |
accusative | þrymm | þrymmas |
genitive | þrymmes | þrymma |
dative | þrymme | þrymmum |