feaw
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fau.
Cognate with Old Norse fār (Danish få, Swedish få), Old High German fō, fōh; From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin paucus, pauper, puer (“boy”); Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fēaw
Usage notes edit
This word was often used in the weak declension, often indeclinably as feāwa, even when the strong declension would be expected (similar to other quantifiers such as āna or mā, the latter of which was never declined). When used undeclined, it typically took the genitive of the thing it was quantifying.
Declension edit
Declension of fēaw — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | fēaw | fēaw | fēaw |
Accusative | fēawne | fēawe | fēaw |
Genitive | fēawes | fēawre | fēawes |
Dative | fēawum | fēawre | fēawum |
Instrumental | fēawe | fēawre | fēawe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | fēawe | fēawa, fēawe | fēaw |
Accusative | fēawe | fēawa, fēawe | fēaw |
Genitive | fēawra | fēawra | fēawra |
Dative | fēawum | fēawum | fēawum |
Instrumental | fēawum | fēawum | fēawum |
Declension of fēaw — Weak