þyrs

Old English
FWOTD – 14 November 2016

Alternative forms
  • ðyrs

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Cognate with Old High German duris (“demon”), Old Saxon thuris (“the rune þ”), Old Norse þurs (“giant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θyrs/

Noun

þyrs m

  1. monster, demon, giant
    • Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century):
      Ic mēsan mæg meahtelīcor / ond efnetan ealdum þyrse
      I can gorge more greedily / and eat at least as much as an old giant
    • Maxims II, 42-43 (early 11th century):
      Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian / ana innan lande.
      The monster must live in the fen / alone in its land.

Declension
Declension of þyrs (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þyrs þyrsas
accusative þyrs þyrsas
genitive þyrses þyrsa
dative þyrse þyrsum

Descendants

See also
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