feþer
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
feþer (plural feþeres)
- a feather
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “fether, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *feþru. See there for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
feþer f
- feather
- pen (writing instrument)
- Sōðlīċe iċ þenċe mid mīnre feðre, for þon þe mīn hēafod oft nāt nāwiht be þām þe mīn hand wrīt.
- I really do think with my pen, because my head often knows nothing about what my hand is writing.
Declension[edit]
Declension of feþer (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “feþer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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