fiergengat

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Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

firgengāt, fyrgengāt

Etymology edit

fiergen (“mountain”) +‎ gāt (“goat”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfi͜yr.ɡenˌɡɑːt/, [ˈfi͜yrˠ.ɣenˌɡɑːt]

Noun edit

fiergengāt f

chamois (a goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra))

Declension edit

Declension of fiergengat (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fiergengāt	fiergengǣt
accusative	fiergengāt	fiergengǣt
genitive	fiergengǣt, fiergengāte	fiergengāta
dative	fiergengǣt	fiergengātum

Descendants edit

Middle English: firegat

References edit

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “firgengāt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.