fóa

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See also: foa, Foà, föa, and fo'a

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuhǭ (“vixen”).

Noun

fóa f

  1. she-fox

Declension

Declension of fóa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fóa fóan fór fórnar
accusative fó fóna fór fórnar
dative fó fónni fóm fónum
genitive fó fónnar fóna fónanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fóa, fúa

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fóa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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