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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
feoh n
- money
- 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.
- property
- the runic character ᚠ (/f/)
Declension
Declension of feoh (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: feh, fe, fee (with Old French)