hring
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iŋk
Noun edit
hring
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- hrincg, hrinċġ, ring
- ᚱᛁᚾᚷ (rinġ) — Wheatley Hill Finger Ring
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hring, Old Saxon hring, Old High German ring, Old Norse hringr, also Finnish rengas.
In some forms and senses, possibly influenced by related hrinċġe, hrinġe (“loop, handle, clasp”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hring m
- ring (circular band)
- ring (circular mark); circle
- circuit, cycle
- a round object; orb, globe
- a loop or ring used as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; handle
- a wreath, garland, or festoon
- the border of a circular area or region
- (figurative) the limit of a jurisdiction
Declension edit
Declension of hring (strong a-stem)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hring.
Noun edit
hring m
Declension edit
Declension of hring (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | hring | hringa |
accusative | hring | hringa |
genitive | hringes | hringo |
dative | hringe | hringum |
instrumental | hringu | — |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
hring
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”).
Noun edit
hring m
Descendants edit
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/iŋk
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old English nouns
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- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German masculine nouns
- Old High German a-stem nouns
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse noun forms
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon masculine nouns