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

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

Declension

Weak:

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

Synonyms

ġefēra

Descendants

Middle English: felawe, fela, felage, felaghe, felaȝe, felaw, felawȝe, fele, felle, fellowe, felow, felowe, ffelawe, ffelow, velaghe, velaȝe
- English: fellow, fella, feller
- Scots: falow, fallow, follow
- Yola: vellas (plural)

References

^ “fellow, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2017.
^ 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.

[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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