Old English · noun
feter
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfe.ter/
- Syllables
- ˈfe · ter (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fetter
Meaning
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fetter
oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled, frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan,
Like I should my heart, oft wretched, bereft of homeland, far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,
Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”), Old High German fezzera, obsolete German Fesser, and Old Norse fjǫturr.
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