feoh-とは 意味・読み方・使い方

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/

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
4. the runic character ᚠ (/f/)

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