fiergen

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Old English

Alternative forms

firgen, fyrgen, firing, firgin

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fergunī, from Proto-Germanic *fergunją. Cognate with Old Norse fjǫrgyn (“earth, land”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌹 (fairguni, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfi͜yr.ɡen/, ^[1]

Noun

fiergen n

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fiergen	fiergen
accusative	fiergen	fiergen
genitive	fiergenes	fiergena
dative	fiergene	fiergenum

Derived terms

fiergengāt (“chamois”, literally “mountain-goat”)
fiergenstrēam (“mountain-stream”)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 253

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