geþring

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈθrinɡ/, [jeˈθriŋɡ]

Etymology 1

Noun

ġeþring n

  1. a crowd, throng
  2. a tumult
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      ⁊ þā wearð ēac ādræfed · dēormōd hǣleð,
      Ōslāc of earde, · ofer ȳða ġewealc
      ofer ganotes bæð · gamolfeax hæleð,
      wīs ⁊ word snotor · ofer wætera ġeþring
      ofer hwæles eðel · hāma berēafod.
      And then in like manner was Oslac, a beloved man,
      a gray-haired man, wise and learned,
      deprived of his home, driven out from his homeland,
      over the churning of the waves, over the gannet's bath,
      over the tumult of the waters, over the whale's homeland.
Descendants
  • Middle English: þringe, þrung, þrynge, þrunchg, thrynge, dringe
    • English: thring, dring (dialectal)

Etymology 2

Verb

ġeþring

  1. singular imperative of ġeþringan