Hildeþryþ
Old English
Alternative forms
- ᚻᛁᛚᛞᛁᚦᚱᚣᚦ (hildiþryþ) (late 7th C.)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Hildiþrūþi, from *hildi (“battle”) + *þrūþi (“strength”). Equivalent to hild + þrȳþ. Cognate with Old High German Hilditrut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxil.deθ.ryːθ/, [ˈhiɫ.deð.ryːθ]
Proper noun
Hilde-þrȳþ f
- a female given name
References
- Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 41
- George Stephens (1884), Handbook of the Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, London: Williams and Norgate, →OL, pages 127-128