þrymm

Old English

FWOTD – 28 July 2013

Alternative forms

• þrym

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrumi, from Proto-Germanic *þrumjaz, akin to Old Norse þrymr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrymm/, [θrym]

Noun

þrymm m

1. host, army
2. force, power, glory
   • c. 950, Maxims II, Lines 4-5

     [...] þunar byð þragum hludast. Þrymmas syndan Cristes myccle.
     Wyrd byð swiðost, winter byð cealdost [...]

     [...] thunder is sometimes loudest. Christ’s glories are great.
     Fate is strongest, winter is coldest [...]

Declension

Declension of þrymm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þrymm	þrymmas
accusative	þrymm	þrymmas
genitive	þrymmes	þrymma
dative	þrymme	þrymmum

Derived terms

• þrymsetl