hyþ

Old English

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /xyːθ/, [hyːθ]

Noun

hȳþ f (nominative plural hȳþa or hȳþe)

  1. 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
  • Middle English: hythe
    • English: hythe, hithe
    • Scots: hyth, hythe

References
  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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