furh

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Old High German furh and Old Norse for.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /furx/, [furˠx]

Noun

furh f

1. furrow

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	furh	fyrh
accusative	furh	fyrh
genitive	fyrh, fūre	fūra
dative	fyrh	fūrum

Derived terms

• fūrian
• furlang

Descendants

• Middle English: forow, furgh
  • English: furrow

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs, from Proto-Indo-European *pérk-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s (“oak”). Cognate with Old Norse fura.

Noun

furh f

1. fir, pine

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	furh	fyrh
accusative	furh	fyrh
genitive	fyrh, fūre	fūra
dative	fyrh	fūrum

Derived terms

• furhwudu

Descendants

• Middle English: firre (perhaps merged with Old Norse fýri)
  • English: fir
  • Scots: fir

References

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

Old High German

Alternative forms

• furuh

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs.

Noun

furh f

1. furrow
2. (Lombardic) ravine, gorge

Descendants

• → Italian: forra
• Middle High German: vurch
  • German: Furche