eldertongue

Old English · noun

fæhþu

Normalised fǣhþu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
IPA
/ˈfæːx.θu/
Syllables
ˈfæːx · θu (2 syllables)
Modern English
enmityhostilityfeud

Meaning

  1. enmity, hostility

    Sċeal iċ feor ġe nēah mīnes felalēofan fǣhðu drēogan. Hēht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, under āctrēo in þām eorðsċræfe.

    I should far or near undergo foehood of my much-loved. The man bade me to live in wood grove, under an oak tree in the earthen-cave.

    10th century, The Wife's Lament:

  2. feud

Declension

Declension of fæhþu
SingularPlural
Nominative fǣhþufǣhþufǣhþafǣhþe
Accusative fǣhþufǣhþefǣhþufǣhþafǣhþe
Genitive fǣhþufǣhþefǣhþufǣhþe
Dative fǣhþufǣhþefǣhþum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu.

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