hruse

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Old English

Alternative forms

  • hrūse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrusā, from Proto-Germanic *hrusǭ (ground; ice), from Proto-Indo-European *krus- (crust). Cognate with Old High German hroso, hrosa (ice, crust), Latin crusta (crust).

Pronunciation

Noun

hruse f

  1. the surface of the earth; the ground
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
      hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
      wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,
      since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
      with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
      traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative hruse hrusan
accusative hrusan hrusan
genitive hrusan hrusena
dative hrusan hrusum