peorð

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *perþō, meaning uncertain, but suspected to derive from *peru + *-iþō.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe͜orθ/, [pe͜orˠθ]

Noun

peorð n

1. the name of the fourteenth rune of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet, ᛈ, denoting the voiceless bilabial stop, or p-sound