Old English · adjective

gefog

Normalised ġefōg

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /jeˈfoːɡ/
[jeˈfoːɣ]
Syllables: je · ˈfoːɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English: fit joins joining suitable

gefog1 · adjective

Senses

fit; suitable

Declension

Strong declension of gefog
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġefōg	ġefōg	ġefōg
Accusative	ġefōgne	ġefōge	ġefōg
Genitive	ġefōges	ġefōgre	ġefōges
Dative	ġefōgum	ġefōgre	ġefōgum
Instrumental	ġefōge	ġefōgre	ġefōge
Plural
Nominative	ġefōge	ġefōga ġefōge	ġefōg
Accusative	ġefōge	ġefōga ġefōge	ġefōg
Genitive	ġefōgra	ġefōgra	ġefōgra
Dative	ġefōgum	ġefōgum	ġefōgum
Instrumental	ġefōgum	ġefōgum	ġefōgum

Weak declension of gefog
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġefōga	ġefōge	ġefōge
Accusative	ġefōgan	ġefōgan	ġefōge
Genitive	ġefōgan	ġefōgan	ġefōgan
Dative	ġefōgan	ġefōgan	ġefōgan
Instrumental	ġefōgan	ġefōgan	ġefōgan
Plural
Nominative	ġefōgan	ġefōgan	ġefōgan
Accusative	ġefōgan	ġefōgan	ġefōgan
Genitive	ġefōgra ġefōgena	ġefōgra ġefōgena	ġefōgra ġefōgena
Dative	ġefōgum	ġefōgum	ġefōgum
Instrumental	ġefōgum	ġefōgum	ġefōgum

gefog2 · noun · neuter

Senses

a joining together
that which joins together; joint

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of gefog
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġefōg	ġefōg
Accusative	ġefōg	ġefōg
Genitive	ġefōges	ġefōga
Dative	ġefōge	ġefōgum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gafōg(ī) (“fitting, suitable”). Compare Old High German gifuogi (“fitting, suitable”).

From Proto-West Germanic *gafōg, from Proto-Germanic *gafōgą, equivalent to ġe- + fōg. Compare Old High German gifuogi (“joint, connection”), Middle Low German gevôg, gevôch (“availability, need, necessity”).

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