hyrst

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xyrst/, [hyrˠst] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *hursti (“thicket, eyrie, scrub, bush”). ==== Noun ==== hyrst f or m (nominative plural hyrste or hyrsta or hyrstas) hurst, hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence Exeter Book, riddle 40 ===== Declension ===== Strong i-stem: Occasionally masculine: Strong i-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: hirste, hurst, hursteEnglish: hurst (mostly in placenames; obsolete hirst)Scots: hirst, hist === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *hrusti (“armour, armament”). ==== Noun ==== hyrst f (poetic) ornament, decoration, jewel; accoutrements, trappings, armor ===== Derived terms =====