wrid

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wride

Etymology

From Old English wrīd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wriːd/

Noun

wrid (rare)

1. (Northern) A cluster of plants growing together.
2. (Early Middle English) The main stem of a plant.

Descendants

• English: wride

References

• “wrīd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-02-01.

Old English

Alternative forms

• uurȳd

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrīdaną, *wrīþaną (“to grow, flourish, thrive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wriːd/

Noun

wrīd m

1. plant
2. shoot
3. bush

Declension

Declension of wrīd (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wrīd	wrīdas
accusative	wrīd	wrīdas
genitive	wrīdes	wrīda
dative	wrīde	wrīdum

Derived terms

• hæselwrīd

Related terms

• ġewrid
• wrīdan
• wridian

Descendants

• Middle English: wrid, wride
  • English: wride (dialectal)