feorh

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) life (one whose safety is questioned)
 * 2) * , Manuscript A, year 755
 * "ang"

- And hē his feorh ġenerede, and þēah hē wæs oft ġewundod.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Deposition of St. Martin, Bishop"
 * "ang"

- Sum unġesċādwīs mann hine selfne āhēng and his feorh forlēt.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
 * "ang"

- Sæġde þæt hēo wǣre on bedde liċġendu and hire man fēores ne wēnde.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
 * "ang"

- Sē enġel cwæþ tō Iōsēpe, "Þā sind forþfarene þe ymb þæs ċildes feorh sieredon."


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
 * "ang"

- Nero þā þā hē þæs folces ġeþeahte āscode wearþ tō fēore āfyrhted and mid flēame tō wuda ġetengde.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- On þām ġewinne ofslōg Antipater his mōdor, Cassandres lāfe, þēah þe hēo earmlīċe hire fēores tō him wilnode.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- On þām dæġe þe hīe feohtan sċoldon, him cōm ān swā miċel hǣtu and swā miċel þurst þæt hīe him heora fēores ne wēndon.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Iċ wāt þæt þū nāwht ne forslāwode þæt þū þīn āgen feorh for þīnne swēor ne sealde ġif þū hine ġesāwe on hwelcum earfoþum.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Ġif þū nū wǣre weġfērend and hæfde miċel gold on þē and þū þonne becōme on þēofsċole, þonne ne wēnde þū þē þīnes fēores.


 * 1) * c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
 * "ang"

- Hingwar sende þā sōna siþþan Ēadmunde cyninge bēotlīċ ǣrende: þæt hē ābūgan sċolde tō his manrǣdene ġif hē rōhte his fēores.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's 
 * "ang"

- Loth cwæþ tō þām engle, "Hēr is ān lȳtlu burg swīðe nēah þǣr iċ mæġ mīn feorh ġenerian. Hēo is ān lȳtlu, and þēah iċ mæġ þǣr on libban."


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Þā Seneca þā onfunde þæt hē dēad bēon sċolde, þā bēad hē ealle his ǣhte wiþ his fēore. Þā nolde Nero þæs onfōn ne him his fēores ġeunnan.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Rōmāne hæfdon þā nīewlīċe ġesett þæt þā þe hætt beran mōston, þonne hīe hwelċ folc oferwunnen hæfdon, þæt þā mōston ǣġðer habban ġe feorh ġe frēodōm.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Sē þe him ǣr ġeþūhte þæt nān sǣ wiþhabban ne meahte þæt hē hine mid sċipum and mid his fultume āfyllan ne meahte, hē wæs eft biddende ānes lȳtles troges æt ānum earmum menn þæt hē meahte his feorh ġenerian.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Þā fēng Philippus tō Mæcedonia rīċe, and hit ealle hwīle on miċelum plēo and on miċelum earfoþum hæfde, þæt ǣġðer ġe him man ūtane of ōðrum lande on wann, ġe ēac þæt his āgen folc ymb his fēorh sierede, þæt him þā æt nīehstan lēofre wæs þæt hē ūte wunne þonne hē æt hām wǣre.


 * 1)  soul
 * 2)  living being, person

Usage notes

 * The astute learner with a knowledge of Finnish will be reminded of the Finnish word, which is similarly used of a life whose safety is questioned. Henkesi on vaarassa = Þīn feorh is on frēcennesse (“Your life is in danger”).

Declension
Rarely it occurs as masculine: