fefor

Old English

Alternative forms

• fefer

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

• ġedrif
• hriþ
• hriþing

Descendants

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