Old English · noun
ferhþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ferxθ/[ferˠxθ]
- Syllables
- ferxθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- life
Meaning
-
life
cūðra cwidegiedda. · Ċearo bið ġenīwad
Lives of floating don't bring there many known tales. Grief is renewed
Flēotendra ferð · nō þǣr fela bringeð -
heart, spirit, mind
ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð, frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:
Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place and this dark life with wise thought, shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:
Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ferhþuz, equivalent to feorh + -þ.
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