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fǽgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
fǽgan, p. fǽde; pp. fǽged
To paint
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  • Faehit

    pingit,

    • Txts. 86, 785.
  • ¶ In the following glosses there seems to be confusion either between the Latin verbs pangere and pingere or between the English verbs fǽgan and fégan:

    Fégð

    pingit

    (cf. gefégað

    conpingite,

    • 15, 43
    • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 14
    • .
  • Fǽgde (foegde?)

    pangit (nec glus murorum moenia pangit,

    • Ald. 173, 32
    • ),
    • 93, 66
    • .
  • Faedun, fǽdun

    pangebant (pingebant ? ),

    • Txts. 85, 1504
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fay.
O. H. Ger. gi-féhen tingere, pingere
:
Icel. to paint.
]
Similar entries
v. á-fǽgan; fág.
Linked entries
v.  fædun faehit fégan.
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