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FEÁWA

  • noun
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.
FEW; pauci
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  • Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste

    few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ],

    • Ors. 5, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2.

  • Hit þúhte him feáwa daga

    it seemed to him a few [of] days,

    • Gen. 29, 20.

  • Feáwe [Spl. feáwa] gewordene hí syndon

    pauci facti sunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 106, 39.

  • Wesan dagas his feáwe [feáwa]

    fiant dies ejus pauci,

    • Spl. 108, 7
      • ;
    • 108, 8.

  • Ðá ðá híg wǽron on geríme [MS. gehrime] feáwa oððe scortum, feáwoste and eardbegendan oððe inlænde his

    when they were few or short in number, [yea] very few and inhabitants of it [Canaan],

    • Ps. Lamb. 104, 12.

  • Hira feáwa on weg cómon

    few of them came in the way,

    • Chr. 918
      • ;
    • Erl. 104, 9: Deut. 28, 62.

  • Inne on ðæm fæstenne sǽton feáwa cirlisce men

    a few countrymen sat within the fastness,

    • Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 33.

  • Feáwa synt ðe ðone weg findon

    pauci sunt qui invĕniunt viam,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 14: Lk. Bos. 13, 23.

  • Feáwa synt gecorene

    pauci sunt electi,

    • Mt. Bos. 20, 16: 22, 14.

  • Drihten, gedó ðæt heora menigo sý læsse ðonne úre feáwena nú is, and tostencte hí geond eorþan libbende of ðis lande

    Dŏmĭne, a paucis de terra dīvĭde eos in vīta eōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 16, 13.

  • Ic ðé of Caldéa ceastre alǽdde, feáwera [MS. feowera] sumne

    I led thee, one of a few, from the Chaldeans' city,

    • Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 2201.

  • Eustatius ætbærst mid feáwum mannum

    Eustace escaped with a few men,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178, 4.

  • Efter feáwum dagum

    after a few days,

    • 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 206, 2.

  • Be ðissum feáwum forþspellum

    by these few intimations,

    • Exon. 84 a
      • ;
    • Th. 316, 11
      • ;
    • Mód. 47.

  • Ic ðé feáwe dagas mínra mǽttra móde secge

    paucĭtātem diērum meōrum enuntia mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 21.

  • Feáwa fixa

    paucos piscĭcŭlos,

    • Mt. Bos. 15, 34: Mk. Bos. 8, 7.

  • Feáwa untrume he gehǽlde

    paucos infirmos cūrāvit,

    • Mk. Bos. 6, 5.

  • Ðú wǽre getrýwe ofer feáwa

    sŭper pauca fuisti fĭdēlis,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 23.

  • He biþ wítnod feáwum wítum

    vāpŭlābit paucis plāgis,

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 48.
Etymology
[
Wyc. Chauc. R. Glouc. fewe
:
Laym. feue, feuȝe
:
Orm. fæwe
:
Plat. fege, vöge
:
O. Sax. fáh
:
O. Frs. fé
:
O. H. Ger. fóh
:
Goth faus, faws
:
Dan. faa
:
Swed. få
:
Icel. fár
:
Lat. paucus, paulus
:
Grk. παυρos few; παυω I make, to cease.
]
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v.  feá.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FEÁWA.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10191.

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  • FEÁWA, n.; num.; adj.

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