feoh
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu. Note that feoh must have transferred into the a-stems (and thus lost its -u) before loss of medial *h, or else it would be *fēo.
Cognates:
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fia (West Frisian fee), Old Saxon fehu (Low German Veeh), Old Dutch fē (Dutch vee), Old High German fihu (German Vieh), Old Norse fé (Swedish fä), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit पशु (páśu, “cattle”), Latin pecus, Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”) and Lithuanian pēkus (“cattle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feoh n
- money
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Ēalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.
- If only I had money.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- livestock, cattle
- c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book
- Ġif þē becume ōðres mannes ġīemelēas feoh on hand, þēah hit sīe þīn fēond, ġecȳþ hit him.
- If you come across someone else's stray cattle, let them know, even if they are your enemy.
- c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book
- property
- the runic character ᚠ (/f/)
Declension edit
Declension of feoh (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | feoh | — |
| accusative | feoh | — |
| genitive | fēos | — |
| dative | fēo | — |