Old English · noun

fiersn

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /fi͜yrsn/
[fi͜yrˠzn]
Syllables: fi͜yrsn (1 syllable)
Modern English: calx heel

Meaning

heel, calx

Declension

Declension of fiersn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fiersn	fiersne fiersna
Accusative	fiersn fiersne	fiersne fiersna
Genitive	fiersne	fiersna
Dative	fiersne	fiersnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *firsni or Proto-Germanic *firsniz, a collateral form of Proto-Germanic *fersnō (“heel”). For the variant ending, Kroonen compares Sanskrit पार्ष्णि (pā́rṣṇi).

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