feþemann

Old English

Etymology

From fēþe (“walking, ambulatory”) +‎ mann (“person”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.θeˌmɑnn/, [ˈfeː.ðeˌmɑn]

Noun

fēþemann m

1. foot soldier
2. pedestrian
   • 8th century, Lindisfarne Gospels Saint Matthew, translation, Chapter 14, verse 13,

     ...and mið ðȳ ġeherdon ðā meniġo, fylġende wēron ł ġefylġdon hine fœ̄ðemenn of ðǣm burgum...

     ...and when those many heard, were following or followed him pedestrians from the towns...

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fēþemann	fēþemenn
accusative	fēþemann	fēþemenn
genitive	fēþemannes	fēþemanna
dative	fēþemenn	fēþemannum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “féþe-mann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.