*hrīdrǭ

Runic: ᚺᚱᛁᛞᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxriːð.rɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

sieve

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kréydʰrom, from the root *krey- (‘to divide; part; separate; sift’). Cognate with Latin crībrum (‘sieve, riddle’), Old Irish criathar (‘sieve’), Old Welsh cruitr (‘winnowing-shovel’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hrīdrǭ	hrīdrōniz
Acc.	hrīdrōnų	hrīdrōnunz
Gen.	hrīdrōniz	hrīdrōnǫ̂
Dat.	hrīdrōni	hrīdrōmaz
Inst.	hrīdrōnē	hrīdrōmiz
Voc.	hrīdrǭ	hrīdrōniz

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Descendants

*hrīdrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hrīdra (Old Saxon)
*hrīdrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hridder, hriddel (Old English)
  - ridder, riddel (Middle English)
    - ridder, riddle (English)
    - riddil (Scots)
*hrīdrā (Proto-West Germanic)
- rītra, rītera (Old High German)
  - rītere, rīter (Middle High German)
    - Reiter (German)

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