feigr

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Old Norse

FWOTD – 9 September 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faigijaz, whence also Old English fæġe, Old High German feigi, English fey.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

feigr

  1. near to death

Descendants

  • Danish: fej
  • Icelandic: feigur

References

  • “feigr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
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