hyþ
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== 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”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hūþ, Old High German -hude (in place-names).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /xyːθ/, [hyːθ]
Rhymes: -yːθ
=== Noun ===
hȳþ f (nominative plural hȳþa or hȳþe)
a harbour or landing-place, a hithe
Guthlac of Crowland (674–715):
==== Declension ====
Strong ō-stem:
==== Derived terms ====
Ċealchȳþ
hȳþsċip
Stybbanhȳþ
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: hytheEnglish: hythe, hitheScots: hyth, hythe
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