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- Old English · calque ofhranrād
- English todaywhale's way
Calque of Old English hranrād, from hran (“whale”) + rād (“road, way”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhranrād all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The ocean. Full definition →
Calque of Old English hranrād, from hran (“whale”) + rād (“road, way”).
Old Englishhranrād all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.