eoh

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

• IPA^(key): /e͜ox/
• Rhymes: -e͜ox

eoh m

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

     ᛖ byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn...

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

Strong a-stem:

Sometimes attested as neuter: Strong a-stem:

• hors (normal prose term)
• mearh

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

• IPA^(key): /e͜oːx/
• Rhymes: -e͜oːx

ēoh m (Late West Saxon)

2. (poetic) yew tree
3. the runic character ᛇ (/eo/, /eoː/, or /ç/ depending on its use as a vowel or a consonant)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛇ byþ ūtan unsmēþe trēow...

     Yew is on the outside a rough-barked tree...

Strong a-stem: