feþer
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
From Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feþer (plural feþeres)
- a feather
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fether, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *feþru. See there for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feþer f
- feather
- pen (writing instrument)
- Sōðlīċe iċ þenċe mid mīnre feðre, for þon þe mīn hēafod oft nāt nāwiht be þām þe mīn hand wrīt.
- I really do think with my pen, because my head often knows nothing about what my hand is writing.
Declension edit
Declension of feþer (strong ō-stem)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “feþer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.