fæc

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, piece, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”).

Cognate with Old Frisian fek, Old Saxon fak (Dutch vak), Old High German fah (German Fach), Latin pangō.

Pronunciation

Noun

fæc n (nominative plural facu)

  1. a division, space
  2. a portion, period, or space of time; while; an interval
  3. period of five years, lustrum

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fæc facu
accusative fæc facu
genitive fæces faca
dative fæce facum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: fæc, fece
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