hran

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦran] === Noun === hran f genitive plural of hrana == Old English == === Etymology 1 === Origin unknown, cf. Épinal Glossary hran (c. 700) and Futhorc ᚻᚱᚩᚾᚫᛋ (hrónæs) (gen. sg.) on the Franks Casket (early 8th c.). Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *harzaz (“a kind of fish”). Compare Norwegian harr (“grayling”), Swedish harr (“grayling”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xrɑn/, [r̥ɑn] Rhymes: -ɑn ==== Noun ==== hran m a small whale or large delphinid (gloss) ballaena 7~8th c., Glossa in Psalmos; Vatican Library MS. Pal. lat. 68, folio 12v: ===== Usage notes ===== This word, especially as part of the well-known poetic compound hranrād, has long been translated as just “whale”, as if fully synonymous with hwæl; however, Tolkien argues that the term better refers to some kind of porpoise or dolphin. Another article addresses this more directly, concluding that hran likely refers to the larger members of the family Delphinidae, such as the orca and pilot whale, but not any much smaller than the Risso's dolphin. ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Alternative forms ===== hron, ran ===== Derived terms ===== hranfisċ ===== Collocations ===== mereswīn seolh ===== References ===== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hran”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2024), “hran”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Calque of Old Norse hreinn, as if from Proto-West Germanic *hrain, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrainaz. At the time, Old Norse and Old English were sufficiently close that the correspondence between ā and ei was transparent, as in words like stān (“stone”) and steinn (“id.”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xrɑːn/, [r̥ɑːn] Rhymes: -ɑːn ==== Noun ==== hrān m reindeer late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== stælhrān ===== References ===== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hrán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2024), “hrān”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. == Pyu (Myanmar) == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hàɴ/ === Noun === eight.