Old English · noun
feorþung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈfe͜oːr.θunɡ/[ˈfe͜oːrˠ.ðuŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈfe͜oːr · θunɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- farthingquarter
Meaning
-
a quarter of something
-
farthing
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), equivalent to fēorþa (“fourth”) + -ung
Descendants
farthing
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