Old English · noun
fugoloþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfu.ɡolˌoθ/[ˈfu.ɣolˌoθ]
- Syllables
- ˈfu · ɡol · ˌoθ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- birdcatchingfowling
Meaning
-
birdcatching, fowling
Him becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fætte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.
And so much wealth came into his hands that every day he and his household consumed thirty mittas of clean meal, sixty mittas of other meal, twelve fat oxen, twenty field-oxen, and one hundred wethers, not counting the sustenance from hunting, fowling, or fattened birds.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From fuglian + -oþ.
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