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feðer-hama

  • noun [ masculine ]
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feðer-hama, -homa, an; m.
Feather-covering, feathers, plumage, wings; plūmārum tegmen, plūma, pennæ, ālæ
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  • Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feðerhaman

    I see his angels encompass him with feathery wings,

    • Cd. 32
    • ;
    • Th. 42, 6
    • ;
    • Gen. 670.
  • Eall biþ geniwad, feorh and feðerhoma

    all is renewed, its life and plumage,

    • Exon. 60a
    • ;
    • Th. 217, 14
    • ;
    • Ph. 280.
  • Ðæt he mid feðerhoman fleógan meahte

    that he might fly with wings,

    • Cd. 22
    • ;
    • Th. 27, 13
    • ;
    • Gen. 417.
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v.  fæðer-homa.
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  • feðer-hama, n.