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féða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
féða, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
a band on foot, infantry, a host, troop, tribe, company; phălanx pĕdestris, pĕdites, lĕgio, ăcies, trĭbus, căterva
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  • Eórod sceal getrume rídan, fæste féða stondan

    a band of horse [ = cavalry] shall ride in a body, a band of foot [ = infantry] stand fast,

    • Exon. 90a
      • ;
    • Th. 337. 13
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 64.

  • Féða [MS. féðu]

    lĕgio.

    • Ælfc. Gl. 7
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 73
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 18, 25.

  • Se earga féða Brytta ăcies segnis Brittŏnum, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 19, MSS. B. C. Féða eal gesæt

    the band all sat,

    • Beo. Th. 2853
      • ;
    • 8. 1424.

  • Iudisc féða

    the tribe of Judah,

    • Cd. 158
      • ;
    • Th. 197, 25
      • ;
    • Exod. 312.

  • Se féða com up to earde

    the company came up to their home,

    • 223
      • ;
    • Th. 293, 19
      • ;
    • Sae. 457.

  • Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má ðonne hund-twelftig on ðam rǽde-here, and nigon on ðam féðan

    there was a very great slaughter made of the Persians, and no more than a hundred and twenty in Alexander's cavalry, and nine in the infantry,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 64, 28.

  • He cwiþ to ðara synfulra sáwla féðan

    he shall say to the band of sinful souls,

    • Exon. 30a
      • ;
    • Th. 93, 1
      • ;
    • Cri. 1519.

  • Ic him on féðan befóran wolde

    I would [go] before him in the host,

    • Beo. Th. 4987
      • ;
    • B. 2497: 5830
      • ;
    • B. 2919: Cd. 220
      • ;
    • Th. 284, 19
      • ;
    • Sal. 324.

  • Dú here fýsest, féðan to gefeohte

    thou leadest a host, a troop to battle.

    • Andr. Kmbl 2377
      • ;
    • An. 1190.

  • Fór fyrda mǽst, féðan trymedan

    the greatest of armies marched, the infantry were strong,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 70
      • ;
    • El. 35.

  • Féðan sǽton

    the bands sat,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1182
      • ;
    • An. 591.

  • Ymb ðæt héhsetl standaþ engla féðan

    hosts Of angels stand around the throne,

    • Cd. 218
      • ;
    • Th. 278, 13
      • ;
    • Sat. 221: Beo. Th. 2659
      • ;
    • B. 1327.

  • Ðǽr wæs Persa X M ofslagen gehorsedra, and eahtatig M féðena

    there were slain ten thousand of the Persians' cavalry and eighty thousand of the infantry,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 65, 2: 68, 9.

  • Ne willaþ eów andrǽdan deáde féðan

    dread ye not dead bands,

    • Cd. 156
      • ;
    • Th. 194, 26
      • ;
    • Exod. 266.

  • Hí bǽdon ðæt hí móston ofer ðone ford faran, féðan lǽdan

    they gave orders to go over the ford, to lead the troops onward,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 23
      • ;
    • By. 88.

  • Gerǽrud féða

    on arranged band;

    ăcies

    :

  • getrimmed féða

    cŭneus

    :

  • gangende [MS. gangend] féða

    a moving band;

    agmen

    ,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 7
      • ;
    • Som. 56, 74, 79, 82
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 18, 26, 31. 34.
a battle; pugna
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  • He beald in gebéde bídsteal gifeþ, fæste on féðan

    he bold in prayer maketh a stand, firmly in battle,

    • Exon. 71a
      • ;
    • Th. 265, 30
      • ;
    • Jul. 389.
Derived forms
gum-féða, here-
Linked entries
v.  féðu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “féða.” 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/10598.

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  • féða, n.

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