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Old English · noun

fornefe

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈforˌne.fe/
[ˈforˌne.ve]
Syllables
ˈfor · ˌne · fe (3 syllables)
Modern English
nephew'sdaughter

Meaning

  1. a nephew's daughter

Declension

Declension of fornefe
SingularPlural
Nominative fornefefornefan
Accusative fornefanfornefan
Genitive fornefanfornefena
Dative fornefanfornefum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From forn + nefe, perhaps modelled after Latin proneptis (“great-granddaughter”). Alternatively from fore- + nefe.

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