hruod

Old High German

Alternative forms

• hrōd (early), hroad (chiefly Freising), hruad (sporadic)

Etymology

From earlier hrōd and hroad, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi (“praise, fame, renown”). The spelling hrōd predominates until c. 850 CE, when hruod and in Friesing hroad become more common, until hruod becomes usual there also.

Proper noun

hruod m

1. fame, renown

References

• Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 16