Noun: oroþ
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | oroþes |
| Plural | oroþa |
Dative
| Singular | oroþe |
| Plural | oroþum |
Sample Sentences
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Wonders of the East
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Ēac swylċe þǣr beoð cende Healfhundingas ðā syndon hātene Conopoenas. Hī habbað horses manan ⁊ eoferes tucxas ⁊ hunda hēafda, ⁊ heora oruð byð swylċe fȳres līġ. (Born there, too, are the Half-Hounds, who are known as Conopoenas. They have a horse's mane and a boar's tusks and the heads of dogs, and their breath is like a fiery flame.)
Nouns inflected like oroþ
bereærn,
ymbren,
meregrot,
wæscern,
gangern,
efenwerod,
wintersetl,
unswefn,
efnwerod,
hellegod,
cynesetl,
earsþerl,
þiccett,
æfdæl,
eorþern,
eorðærn,
handbred,
deorf,
eafoþ,
eolet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀanþ, from Proto-Germanic *uzanþą, a compound of Proto-Germanic *uz (“out”) + *anþą (“breath”). The latter word is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian omma, Old Norse ǫnd, andi (Swedish ande). See: Old Norse Nouns '
ǫnd', Swedish Nouns '
ande'.
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