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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þuris, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Cognate with Old High German duris (“demon”), Old Saxon thuris (“the rune þ”), Old Norse þurs (“giant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
þyrs m
- monster, demon, giant
- Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century):
Ic mēsan mæg meahtelīcor / ond efnetan ealdum þyrse- I can gorge more greedily / and eat at least as much as an old giant
- Maxims II, 42-43 (early 11th century):
Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian / ana innan lande.- The monster must live in the fen / alone in its land.
Declension
Declension of þyrs (strong a-stem)
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