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feoh - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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.

feoh n

  1. 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/)

Strong a-stem: