Old English · noun
fugol
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfu.ɡol/[ˈfu.ɣol]
- Syllables
- ˈfu · ɡol (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fowlbird
Meaning
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bird
ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.
proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.
wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
Declension
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with Old Frisian fugel, Old Saxon fugal, Old Dutch fogal, Old High German fogal, Old Norse fugl, Gothic (fugls).
Descendants
fowl
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