fefor

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin febris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfe.for/, [ˈfe.vor]

Noun

fefor m

  1. fever
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē sāwlode.
      After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, on stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fefor feforas
accusative fefor feforas
genitive fefores fefora
dative fefore feforum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: fever, fefer, feofer, fovre, fevre, fiever, fiver (with Old French fievre)
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