Old English · adjective
feaw
Normalised fēaw
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /fæ͜ɑːw/
- Syllables
- fæ͜ɑːw (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- few
Meaning
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few
Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē s̄awlode.
After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, on stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fēaw | fēaw | fēaw |
| Accusative | fēawne | fēawe | fēaw |
| Genitive | fēawes | fēawre | fēawes |
| Dative | fēawum | fēawre | fēawum |
| Instrumental | fēawe | fēawre | fēawe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fēawe | fēawafēawe | fēaw |
| Accusative | fēawe | fēawafēawe | fēaw |
| Genitive | fēawra | fēawra | fēawra |
| Dative | fēawum | fēawum | fēawum |
| Instrumental | fēawum | fēawum | fēawum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fēawa | fēawe | fēawe |
| Accusative | fēawan | fēawan | fēawe |
| Genitive | fēawan | fēawan | fēawan |
| Dative | fēawan | fēawan | fēawan |
| Instrumental | fēawan | fēawan | fēawan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fēawan | fēawan | fēawan |
| Accusative | fēawan | fēawan | fēawan |
| Genitive | fēawrafēawena | fēawrafēawena | fēawrafēawena |
| Dative | fēawum | fēawum | fēawum |
| Instrumental | fēawum | fēawum | fēawum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fau, in turn from Proto-Germanic *fawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-. Cognate with Old Norse fār (Danish få, Swedish få), Old High German fō, fōh; Further cognates via the Proto-Indo-European root include Latin paucus, pauper, puer (“boy”); Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”).
Descendants
few
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