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fægen, fagen
Wright's OE grammar
§320; §430; §443; §444; §639;
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  • Faegen

    conpos,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 73
      • .

  • Fægen

    voti compos,

    • 124, 11
      • .
with cause of gladness given,
in genitive
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  • Hilarius nine underféng, fagen his cymes,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 504, 19
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  • Fægen (fagen, v. l.) his gecyrrednysse,

    • Hml. S. 26, 133
      • .

  • Fægen wǽron síðes, lungre leórdan,

    • An. 1043
      • .
in a clause
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  • Hé wæs fægen ꝥ hé tó scypum ætfleáh,

    • Chr. 1076
      • ;
    • P. 211, 28.

  • Wǽron þá burgware tó þon fægene and tó þon blíðe þæt hié feohtan móston,

    • Ors. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 222, 4
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  • Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton,

    • Met. 6, 10
      • .
with gen. of pronoun and clause
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  • Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð

    few men are glad for long that they have tricked others,

    • Prov. K. 34
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  • Wǽron ealle þæs fægen þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan,

    • Sat. 435
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v. feorh-fægen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fægen.” 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/44338.

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