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A Hiberno-Norse Etymology for English Fetch: “Apparition of a Living Person”

2017/07/06 by William Sayers · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Linguistics and language evolution

paper · doi:10.1080/0895769x.2017.1336073

openalex publication_date 2017/07/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

In an entry first published in 1895 and not fully updated since then, the Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun fetch as “the apparition, double, or wraith of a living person.”1 The term is fi...

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