-
feormere ("purveyor, grocer"),
feormian ("to provision, sustain"), and
feorh ("life, spirit"). The Old
English word is
stated by
these sources as having...
- on þissum
dagum deadne ofgeafun fæder ond modor; ne wæs me
feorh þa gen,
ealdor in innan. Þa mec an ongon,
welhold mege, wedum...
-
sunde awox ufan yþum þeaht, anum
getenge liþendum wuda lice mine. Hæfde
feorh cwico, þa ic of fæðmum cwom
brimes ond
beames on bla**** hrægle; sume wæron...
- Swio-rice sinc brytnade, mærne þeoden. Him þæt to
mearce wearð; he þær
orfeorme feorh-wunde
hleat sweordes swengum, sunu Hygelaces; and him eft
gewat Ongenþiowes...
- | heorodrēore weol; deaðfæge deof; | siððan
dreama lēas in fenfreoðo |
feorh alegde, hæþene sawle; | þær him hel onfeng. ...
Ungrievous seemed His break...
-
Fotum ic fere,
foldan slite,
grene wongas, þenden ic gæst bere. Gif me
feorh losað, fæste
binde swearte Wealas,
hwilum sellan men.
Hwilum ic
deorum drincan...
- type D2 and D*2, such as
Beowulf line 2042a ('eald æscwiga') or 2912b ('
feorh cyninges') the
potentially resolving syllables (in
these examples '-wiga'...
- hogodon
georne hwa þær mid orde ærost
mihte on fægean men
feorh gewinnan,
wigan mid wæpnum; wæl feol on eorðan. Thus they
stood firm...
