hrof

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą.

Cognate with Old Frisian hrōf, Old Saxon rōf, Dutch roef (“cabin, coffin-lid”), Old Norse hróf (“boat-shed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xroːf/, [r̥oːf]

Noun

hrōf m

  1. roof
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes
      Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind
  2. (poetic) the sky or heavens

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hrōf hrōfas
accusative hrōf hrōfas
genitive hrōfes hrōfa
dative hrōfe hrōfum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: rof
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