hruse

Old English

Alternative forms

• hrūse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrusā, from Proto-Germanic *hrusǭ (“ground; ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *krus- (“crust”). Cognate with Old High German hroso, hrosa (“ice, crust”), Latin crusta (“crust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxru.se/, [ˈr̥u.ze]

Noun

hruse f

1. the surface of the earth; the ground
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
     hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
     wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

     since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
     with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
     traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Declension

Declension of hruse (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hruse	hrusan
accusative	hrusan	hrusan
genitive	hrusan	hrusena
dative	hrusan	hrusum