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FÁG

  • adjective
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Grammar
FÁG, fáh; def. se fága, seó, ðæt fáge; adj.
Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated; tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor
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  • Wæter wældreóre fág

    water stained with deadly gore,

    • Beo. Th. 3267
      • ;
    • B. 1631
      • .

  • Ðæt sweord fáh and fæted

    the sword blood-stained and ornate,

    • 5395
      • ;
    • B. 2701: 2576
      • ;
    • B. 1286
      • .

  • Bleóbrygdum fág

    shining with variegated colours,

    • Exon. 60 a
      • ;
    • Th. 218,
      • 9;
    • Ph. 292
      • .

  • Gár golde fáh

    a weapon shining with gold,

    • Menol. Fox 503
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 22
      • .

  • Fýrmǽlum fág

    variegated with marks of fire,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2269
      • ;
    • An. 1136
      • .

  • Fáh vărius vel

    discŏlor,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 79
      • ;
    • Som. 72,
      • 79;
    • Wrt. Voc. 46, 36: 77,
      • 3.

  • Fultum ðú him afyrdest fágan sweordes

    avertisti adjūtōrium glădii ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 88,
      • 36.

  • Ic geann Ælmǽre ánes fágan stédan

    I give to Ælmær one pied steed,

    • Th. Diplm. 560,
      • 38.

  • Ofer næddran and fágum wyrme ðú gǽst

    sŭper aspĭdem et basiliscum ambŭlābis,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 90,
      • 13.

  • He me habban wile dreóre fáhne

    he will have me stained with gore,

    • Beo. Th. 898
      • ;
    • B. 447
      • .

  • He geseah steápne hróf golde fáhne

    he saw the steep roof shining with gold,

    • 1858
      • ;
    • B. 927
      • .

  • On fágne flór feónd treddode

    the fiend trod on the variegated floor,

    • 1454
      • ;
    • B. 725
      • .

  • Slóh ðone feóndsceaðan fágum méce

    slew the enemy with a blood-stained sword,

    • Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw, 23,
      • 4;
    • Jud. 104
      • .

  • He geseah since fáge

    he saw variegated treasures,

    • Beo. Th. 3234
      • ;
    • B. 1615
      • .

  • Fágum sweordum

    with shining swords,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24,
      • 18;
    • Jud. 194
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. fæh:
O. Sax. féh:
Ger. fech:
M. H. Ger. véch:
O. H. Ger. féh:
Goth. faihs in filu-faihs many-coloured
.]
Derived forms
ban-fáh, bleó-fág, blód-, brún-, dreór-, gold-, haso-, reád-, searo-, sinc-, stán-, swát-, tigel-, wæl-, won-, wyrm-
Linked entries
v.  a-fæged án-fáh faag fáh fǽgan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FÁG.” 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/10067.

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