eldertongue

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

  1. 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

Declension of fugoloþ
SingularPlural
Nominative fugoloþfugoloþas
Accusative fugoloþfugoloþas
Genitive fugoloþesfugoloþa
Dative fugoloþefugoloþum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From fuglian + -oþ.

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