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FELD

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FELD, feald; gen. es; dat. a, e; m. A
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §80; §276; §295; §303; §395; §397; §562;
FIELD, pasture, plain, an open country; campus, campestria
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  • Se æðela feld wrídaþ under wolcnum

    the noble field flourishes under the skies,

    • Exon. 56 a
    • ;
    • Th. 199, 16
    • ;
    • Ph. 26.
  • Feld

    campus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 80, 48.
  • Weaxaþ hraðe feldes blóstman

    the flowers of the field quickly grow,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 6, 19
    • ;
    • Met. 6, 10.
  • On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Díran héton

    in the field which the brave men call Dura,

    • Cd. 180
    • ;
    • Th. 226, 13
    • ;
    • Dan. 170: Byrht. Th. 138, 56
    • ;
    • By. 241.
  • He sette fóretácn his on felda Taneos

    pŏsuit prōdĭgia sua in campo Taneos,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 48.
  • On ðam felde

    upon the plain,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 427
    • ;
    • Sal. 214.
  • Hie gesóhton Sennera feld

    they sought the plains of Shinar,

    • Cd. 80
    • ;
    • Th. 100, 23
    • ;
    • Gen. 1668: 205
    • ;
    • Th. 253, 27
    • ;
    • Dan. 602.
  • Híg fundon ánne feld

    invēnērunt campum,

    • Gen. 11, 2.
  • Habbaþ feldas eác fægere blisse

    gaudēbunt campi,

    • Ps. Th. 95, 12: Ps. Lamb. 103, 8.
  • On Moabes feldum

    in campestrĭbus Moab,

    • Deut. 34, 8.
  • On fealda

    in campo,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 15.
  • Feadas ðíne beóþ gefylled of genihtsumnysse

    campi tui replēbuntur ubertāte,

    • 64, 12.
Etymology
[
Piers P. felde
:
Wyc. feld, felde, feeld
:
Chauc. R. Glouc. feld
:
Laym. feld, ueld, feold, uald
:
Orm. feld
:
O. Sax. feld, m
:
Frs. fjild
:
O. Frs. feld, field
:
Dut. veld, n
:
Ger. feld, n
:
M. H. Ger. velt, n
:
O. H. Ger. feld, n
:
Dan. fælled, m. f
:
Swed. fält, n
:
Icel. fold, f.
]
Derived forms
here-field, sun-, wæl-, wudu-
Linked entries
v.  feald feld-denu.
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  • FELD, n.