Old English · noun

fæc

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /fæk/
Syllables: fæk (1 syllable)
Modern English: fack lustrum space interval five division

Meaning

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

Declension

Declension of fæc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fæc	facu
Accusative	fæc	facu
Genitive	fæces	faca
Dative	fæce	facum

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.

Descendants

fack

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