feolaga

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse félagi, from fé (“property”) +‎ lag (“companionship”) +‎ -i, with remodelling of the first element after native fēoh (“property”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfe͜oːˌlɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈfe͜oːˌlɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

fēolaga m

  1. (Late Old English) companion, partner, colleague[2]

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative fēolaga fēolagan
accusative fēolagan fēolagan
genitive fēolagan fēolagena
dative fēolagan fēolagum

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “fellow, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2017.
  2. ^ Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “fēo-laga”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
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