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Hretha

Hretha proper noun: an Anglo-Saxon goddess.

Proper noun

Hretha

  1. An Anglo-Saxon goddess.
    • And now I stand before you as a man who would wish to serve you as warrior at the sword-play. For I have no other use. The words of the goddess Hretha I can hear no more.1993, C. P. R. Tisdale, Month of Swallows: Northumbria, England, A.D. 626–633, Edinburgh: The Pentland Press Limited, →ISBN, page 137
    • Alternatively, this group might consist of the goddess Frig, associated with two other female deities (possibly Eostre and Hretha?) – but we cannot be certain that the Anglo-Saxons worshipped Frig.2009, Marilyn Dunn, The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons c.597–c.700: Discourses of Life, Death and Afterlife, Continuum, published 2010, →ISBN, page 63

Examples of Hretha in a sentence

  • The name and image of the Saxon pagan goddess Hretha on Caden’s own shield had been beaten nearly into oblivion.2011, Linda Windsor, Thief (The Brides of Alba), Colorado Springs, Colo.: David C Cook, →ISBN, page 27:
  • “We ought to build a shrine to the Goddess Hretha in this place.”2013, Yanina Stachura, “Northern Britain, AD 495”, in The Sword and the Passion, North Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing...
  • In De Temporum Ratione, Bede states that March was called Hrethmonath by the Anglo-Saxons because they made sacrifices to the Goddess Hretha then.2017, Lucya Starza, editor, Every Day Magic – A Pagan Book of Days: 366 Magical Ways to Observe the Cycle of the Year, Winchester: Moon...

Origin of Hretha

Learned borrowing from Old English *Hrēþe.

Questions about Hretha

What does Hretha mean?
Hretha means an Anglo-Saxon goddess.
How do you use Hretha in a sentence?
The name and image of the Saxon pagan goddess Hretha on Caden’s own shield had been beaten nearly into oblivion.
What part of speech is Hretha?
Hretha is a proper noun.

Words near Hretha in the dictionary

  1. Hrehas
  2. Hremiache
  3. Hren
  4. Hrens
  5. Hresko
  6. Hretha
  7. HREZ
  8. HRF
  9. Hrf.
  10. HRG
  11. HRH

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