ryþþa

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hruþjan- (“male dog”), clearly connected to Old High German rudio and Dutch reu. Possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutan-, *hrūtan-, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈryθ.θɑ/

Noun

ryþþa m (nominative plural ryþþan)

1. mastiff, large dog

Declension

Declension of ryþþa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ryþþa	ryþþan
accusative	ryþþan	ryþþan
genitive	ryþþan	ryþþena
dative	ryþþan	ryþþum

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hruþjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN