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語源

From Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu. Note that feoh must have transferred into the a-stems (and thus lost its -u) before loss of medial *h, or else it would be *fēo.

発音

• IPA: /fe͜ox/
• 韻: -e͜ox

名詞

feoh n

1. money
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Ēalā ġif iċ hæfde feoh.

     If only I had money.

2. livestock, cattle
   • c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book

     Ġif þē becume ōðres mannes ġīemelēas feoh on hand, þēah hit sīe þīn fēond, ġecȳþ hit him.

     If you come across someone else's stray cattle, let them know, even if they are your enemy.

3. property
   • Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric

     Ġif Cantwara æniġ in Lundenwīċ fēoh ġebyċġe, hæbbe him tweġen oððe ðrēo unfācne ċeorlas tō ġewitnesse oþþe cyninges wīcġerēfan.

     If any person of Kent buys property in London, he should have two or three trustworthy men or the king's reeve, as a witness.

4. the runic character ᚠ (/f/)
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚠ byþ frōfur fīra ġehwylċum...

     Wealth is a comfort for all mankind...

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: feh, fe, fee (with Old French)
  • English: fee
  • Scots: fe, fee, fiel