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Old English · noun

feorweg

Normalised feorweġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈfe͜orˌwej/
Syllables
ˈfe͜or · ˌwej (2 syllables)
Modern English
destinationdistantleading

Meaning

  1. a way or path leading to a distant destination; a long way or journey

Declension

Declension of feorweg
SingularPlural
Nominative feorweġfeorwegas
Accusative feorweġfeorwegas
Genitive feorweġesfeorwega
Dative feorweġefeorwegum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From feorr (“far”) + weġ (“way”). Compare German Fernweg (“a long distance”).

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