See feorh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "And he saved his life, though he was often wounded.",
"roman": "And hē his feorh ġenerede, and þēah hē wæs oft ġewundod.",
"text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 755",
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"english": "Some irrational person hanged himself and lost his life.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Deposition of St. Martin, Bishop\"\nSum unġesċādwīs mann hine selfne āhēng and his feorh forlēt.",
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"english": "She said that she was confined to a bed and was not expected to live [literally \"her life was not expected\"].",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nSæġde þæt hēo wǣre on bedde liċġendu and hire man fēores ne wēnde.",
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"english": "The angel told Joseph, \"Those who conspired against the child's life are dead.\"",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Innocents\"\nSē enġel cwæþ tō Iōsēpe, \"Þā sind forþfarene þe ymb þæs ċildes feorh sieredon.\"",
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"english": "When Nero heard about their pact, he feared for his life and rushed away into the woods.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul\"\nNero þā þā hē þæs folces ġeþeahte āscode wearþ tō fēore āfyrhted and mid flēame tō wuda ġetengde.",
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"english": "In the war, Antipater killed his mother, Cassander's widow, though she pitifully begged him for her life.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nOn þām ġewinne ofslōg Antipater his mōdor, Cassandres lāfe, þēah þe hēo earmlīċe hire fēores tō him wilnode.",
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"english": "On the day that they were supposed to fight, they were hit with so much heat and thirst that they thought they were going to die [literally \"they didn't expect their life\"].",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nOn þām dæġe þe hīe feohtan sċoldon, him cōm ān swā miċel hǣtu and swā miċel þurst þæt hīe him heora fēores ne wēndon.",
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"english": "I know you would not hesitate to give your own life for your father-in-law if you saw him in any trouble.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nIċ wāt þæt þū nāwht ne forslāwode þæt þū þīn āgen feorh for þīnne swēor ne sealde ġif þū hine ġesāwe on hwelcum earfoþum.",
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"english": "If you were traveling and had a lot of gold on you and you ran into a gang of robbers, you would think you were going to die [literally \"you would not expect your life\"].",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nĠif þū nū wǣre weġfērend and hæfde miċel gold on þē and þū þonne becōme on þēofsċole, þonne ne wēnde þū þē þīnes fēores.",
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"english": "After that, Ivar immediately sent a gloating message to King Edmund: that he should submit to serving Ivar if he valued his life.",
"text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nHingwar sende þā sōna siþþan Ēadmunde cyninge bēotlīċ ǣrende: þæt hē ābūgan sċolde tō his manrǣdene ġif hē rōhte his fēores.",
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"english": "Lot told the angel, \"There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there.\"",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nLoth 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.\"",
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"english": "When Seneca found out that he was about to die, he offered all his possessions in exchange for his life. But Nero wouldn't accept them or grant him his life.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā 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.",
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"english": "The Romans had recently passed a law that whenever they conquered a people, anyone who was allowed to wear a hat could keep both their life and their freedom.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nRōmāne 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.",
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"english": "The same man (Xerxes) who had thought that no sea could stop him from covering it with his ships and his army wound up begging a poor person for their little boat so he could save his life.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nSē 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.",
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"english": "Then Philip came to the throne of Macedon, and held it with great danger and struggle. Not only was he fighting against other countries, but even his own people were plotting against his life, until he would finally rather fight abroad than be at home.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÞā 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.",
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"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "feorh n",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fēor",
"2": "fēor",
"nomsg": "feorh"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "feorh",
"2": "feorh",
"3": "feorh",
"4": "feorh",
"5": "fēores",
"6": "fēora",
"7": "fēore",
"8": "fēorum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fēor",
"nomsg": "feorh"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "feorh",
"2": "fēoras",
"3": "feorh",
"4": "fēoras",
"5": "fēores",
"6": "fēora",
"7": "fēore",
"8": "fēorum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "feorm"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And he saved his life, though he was often wounded.",
"roman": "And hē his feorh ġenerede, and þēah hē wæs oft ġewundod.",
"text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 755",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Some irrational person hanged himself and lost his life.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Deposition of St. Martin, Bishop\"\nSum unġesċādwīs mann hine selfne āhēng and his feorh forlēt.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "She said that she was confined to a bed and was not expected to live [literally \"her life was not expected\"].",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nSæġde þæt hēo wǣre on bedde liċġendu and hire man fēores ne wēnde.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The angel told Joseph, \"Those who conspired against the child's life are dead.\"",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Innocents\"\nSē enġel cwæþ tō Iōsēpe, \"Þā sind forþfarene þe ymb þæs ċildes feorh sieredon.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "When Nero heard about their pact, he feared for his life and rushed away into the woods.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul\"\nNero þā þā hē þæs folces ġeþeahte āscode wearþ tō fēore āfyrhted and mid flēame tō wuda ġetengde.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In the war, Antipater killed his mother, Cassander's widow, though she pitifully begged him for her life.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nOn þām ġewinne ofslōg Antipater his mōdor, Cassandres lāfe, þēah þe hēo earmlīċe hire fēores tō him wilnode.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "On the day that they were supposed to fight, they were hit with so much heat and thirst that they thought they were going to die [literally \"they didn't expect their life\"].",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nOn þām dæġe þe hīe feohtan sċoldon, him cōm ān swā miċel hǣtu and swā miċel þurst þæt hīe him heora fēores ne wēndon.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I know you would not hesitate to give your own life for your father-in-law if you saw him in any trouble.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nIċ wāt þæt þū nāwht ne forslāwode þæt þū þīn āgen feorh for þīnne swēor ne sealde ġif þū hine ġesāwe on hwelcum earfoþum.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "If you were traveling and had a lot of gold on you and you ran into a gang of robbers, you would think you were going to die [literally \"you would not expect your life\"].",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nĠif þū nū wǣre weġfērend and hæfde miċel gold on þē and þū þonne becōme on þēofsċole, þonne ne wēnde þū þē þīnes fēores.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "After that, Ivar immediately sent a gloating message to King Edmund: that he should submit to serving Ivar if he valued his life.",
"text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nHingwar sende þā sōna siþþan Ēadmunde cyninge bēotlīċ ǣrende: þæt hē ābūgan sċolde tō his manrǣdene ġif hē rōhte his fēores.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Lot told the angel, \"There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there.\"",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nLoth 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.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "When Seneca found out that he was about to die, he offered all his possessions in exchange for his life. But Nero wouldn't accept them or grant him his life.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā 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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The Romans had recently passed a law that whenever they conquered a people, anyone who was allowed to wear a hat could keep both their life and their freedom.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nRōmāne 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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The same man (Xerxes) who had thought that no sea could stop him from covering it with his ships and his army wound up begging a poor person for their little boat so he could save his life.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nSē 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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then Philip came to the throne of Macedon, and held it with great danger and struggle. Not only was he fighting against other countries, but even his own people were plotting against his life, until he would finally rather fight abroad than be at home.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÞā 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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"life (one whose safety is questioned)"
],
"links": [
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English poetic terms"
],
"glosses": [
"soul"
],
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"soul",
"soul"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) soul"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"poetic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English poetic terms"
],
"glosses": [
"living being, person"
],
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) living being, person"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fe͜orx/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fe͜orˠx]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feorg"
}
],
"word": "feorh"
}
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