eoh

Old English

Etymology 1

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Proto-Germanic *ehwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e͜ox/

Noun

eoh m

2. (poetic) horse, steed
3. the runic character ᛖ (/e/ or /eː/)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛖ byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn...

     The horse is for earls as a princely pleasure...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	eoh	ēos
accusative	eoh	ēos
genitive	ēos	ēona
dative	ēo	ēom, ēoum

Sometimes attested as neuter: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	eoh	eoh
accusative	eoh	eoh
genitive	ēos	ēona
dative	ēo	ēom, ēoum

Synonyms

• hors (normal prose term)
• mearh

Etymology 2

A variant of īw, from Proto-West Germanic *īh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e͜oːx/

Noun

ēoh m (Late West Saxon)

2. (poetic) yew tree
3. the runic character ᛇ (/eo/ or /eːo/)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ēoh	ēohas
accusative	ēoh	ēohas
genitive	ēohes	ēoha
dative	ēohe	ēohum