Noun: feter
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | feter |
| Plural | fetera; fetere |
Genitive
| Singular | fetere |
| Plural | fetera |
Dative
| Singular | fetere |
| Plural | feterum |
Accusative
| Singular | fetere |
| Plural | fetera; fetere |
Sample Sentences
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Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,
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oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled,
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frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan, (Like I should my heart,
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oft wretched, bereft of homeland,
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far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Nouns inflected like feter
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”), Old High German fezzera, obsolete German Fesser, and Old Norse fjǫturr. See: Dutch Nouns '
veter', Old Norse Nouns '
fjǫturr'.
Verbs referencing "feter"
English Nouns
fetter.
Translations