How do you use Nerthus in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hertha, plus the exact meaning.
Nerthus in a sentence
Nerthus meaning
A Germanic goddess (or god) mentioned by Tacitus and associated with a ceremonial wagon procession.
Synonyms of Nerthus
Using Nerthus
- The main meaning on this page is: A Germanic goddess (or god) mentioned by Tacitus and associated with a ceremonial wagon procession.
- Useful related words include: hertha, teutonic deity.
Context around Nerthus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 40.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nerthus
- In this selection, "nerthus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 40.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, female and attested stand out and add context to how "nerthus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include images of nerthus attested by and the female nerthus to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nerthus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nerthus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In her examination of the tapestry, scholar Anne Stine Ingstad interprets these birds as Huginn and Muninn flying over a covered cart containing an image of Odin, drawing comparison with the images of Nerthus attested by Tacitus in 1 CE. (40 words)
It has been suggested that the change of sex from the female Nerthus to the male Njörðr is due to the fact that feminine nouns with u-stems disappeared early in Germanic language while the masculine nouns with u-stems prevailed. (41 words)
It has been suggested that the change of sex from the female Nerthus to the male Njörðr is due to the fact that feminine nouns with u-stems disappeared early in Germanic language while the masculine nouns with u-stems prevailed. (41 words)
In her examination of the tapestry, scholar Anne Stine Ingstad interprets these birds as Huginn and Muninn flying over a covered cart containing an image of Odin, drawing comparison with the images of Nerthus attested by Tacitus in 1 CE. (40 words)
Example sentences (2)
In her examination of the tapestry, scholar Anne Stine Ingstad interprets these birds as Huginn and Muninn flying over a covered cart containing an image of Odin, drawing comparison with the images of Nerthus attested by Tacitus in 1 CE.
It has been suggested that the change of sex from the female Nerthus to the male Njörðr is due to the fact that feminine nouns with u-stems disappeared early in Germanic language while the masculine nouns with u-stems prevailed.