Old English · noun

feorh

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /fe͜orx/
[fe͜orˠx]
Syllables: fe͜orx (1 syllable)
Modern English: questioned safety whose life

Meaning

life (one whose safety is questioned)

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 755

And he saved his life, though he was often wounded.
soul
living being, person

Declension

Declension of feorh
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feorh	feorh fēoras
Accusative	feorh	feorh fēoras
Genitive	fēores	fēora
Dative	fēore	fēorum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ferh, from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą. Cognate with Old Frisian ferch, Old Saxon ferah, Old High German fërah, Middle High German vërch, Old Norse fjǫr, Gothic (fairƕus).

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