hyþ

Old English edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hunþjō- (“landing place”), which could have originally meant "place for transfer, transshipment," related to *hunþu (“plunder”) and the strong verb *hinþaną (“to reach for”).^[1]

Cognate with Old Saxon hūþ, Old High German -hude (in place-names).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xyːθ/, [hyːθ]

Noun edit

hȳþ f (nominative plural hȳþa or hȳþe)

a harbour or landing-place, a hithe
- Guthlac of Crowland (674–715):
  Comon ðær þry men to ðære hyðe.
  Three men came to the landing-place.

Descendants edit

Middle English: hythe
- English: hythe, hithe
- Scots: hyth, hythe

References edit

^ Vaan, M. d. (2017). The Dawn of Dutch: Language Contact in the Western Low Countries Before 1200. Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 442

[1] Vaan, M. d. (2017). The Dawn of Dutch: Language Contact in the Western Low Countries Before 1200. Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 442

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