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§7; §54; §259; §295; §320; §430; §443; §639;
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  • Swá manega gesceafta and swá micla and swá fægra,

      Bt. 42 ; F. 256, 8.
of persons
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  • Fæger man

    pulcher homo,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 14.

  • Fæger

    formosa,

      An. Ox. 3410.

  • Án þára nunnena þe wæs swýþe fægru (

    speciosa

    ) æfter þæs líchaman gesceape,
      Gr. D. 28, 25.

  • On fægeres cildes heówe,

      Bl. H. 235, 29.

  • Mid wlite and mid wæstmum fægerne,

      113, 17.

  • Fægerne bearnteám,

      Chr. 1057; P. 188, 14.

  • Ðeáh þú wǽre eallra monna fægrost,

      Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 27.
  • (1 a) of the body and its parts

    Þæt feax áfealleð þe ǽr wæs fæger on híwe and on fulre wæstme,

      Wlfst. 148, 5.

  • Þín se fægresta fæþm,

      Bl. H. 7, 25.

  • Fægre leomu on tó geseónne, 113, 22. (1 b) of a period of life :-- Fægre

    uenustae (pubertatis),

      An. Ox. 2115.

  • Þonne se geogoþhád ǽrest blóweþ and fægerost biþ,

      Bl. H. 59, 6.
of inanimate things
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  • Hwæþer ðe lícigen fægeru lond? . . . Hwí ne sceolde mé lícian fæger land ? hú ne is þæt se fægeresta dǽl Godes gesceafta ?

    an vos agrorum pulcritudo delectat ? quidni ? est enim pulcerrimi operis pulcra portio,

      Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 17.

  • Þes middangeard wæs fæger,

      Bl. H. 115, 10.

  • Ꝥ ꝥ templ wǽre þrymlic geweorc and fæger,

      77, 32.

  • On þǽm fægran neorxnawange,

      143, 25.

  • Fægerra blóstmena,

      Bt. 14, 1 ; F. 40, 24.
of appearance
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  • Fægereste

    pulcherrimae (venustati),

      An. Ox. 1052.
of moral beauty
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  • Wæs fæger eáðmódnes geméted on þǽre fǽmnan,

      Bl. H. 9, 21.

  • Fægeran

    formosiore (virginitate),

      An. Ox. 4978.
fig. as an epithet of sound, odour, &c.
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  • Ðá eáran wǽron hræde tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas,

      Wlfst. 148, 2.
fair, desirable, handsome (of amount)
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  • Þín méd is on mé fæger,

      Hml. A. 167, 99.

  • Gemun ðú ðæs miclan and þæs fægran edleánes,

      Bt. 37, 2 ; F. 188, 30.
fair, plausible (of words)
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  • MSé nǽdre beswác þurh fægir word,

      Gen. 899.
fair, not disturbed, not stormy
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  • Gyf hé fæger weter geseó, oððe ofer færeþ, ꝥ byð orsorgnyss, Lch. iii. 168, 25. VI a. free from trouble, pleasant :-- Þúhte fæger and wlitig heora líf and wynsumlic, Bl. H. 107, 30. VI b.

    free from impropriety

    :-- Heó hádunga underféng mid fægere drohtnunga,
      Hml. S. 7, 284.
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