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FEAX

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FEAX, fex, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §177; §327; §343;
Hair of the head, the locks; cæsăries, cŏma, căpillus
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  • Nimeþ ðæt feax to

    the hair holdeth on,

    • Med. ex Quadr. 4, 11
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 344, 20: L. M. 1, 87
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 156, 7.

  • Ne feax ne fel

    neither hair nor skin,

    • Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 591: Cd. 195
      • ;
    • Th. 243, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 438.

  • Feax

    cæsăries,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 12
      • ;
    • Som. 15, 53.

  • Licgaþ æfter lande loccas todrifene, fex on foldan

    throughout the land lie my driven locks, hair upon the ground,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2853
      • ;
    • An. 1429.

  • God tofylleþ feaxes scadan, ðe hér on scyldtim swǽrum eódon

    Deus conquassābit vertĭcem căpilli perambulantium in delictis suis,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 21: 68, 4.

  • Bócstafa brego bregdeþ feónd be ðam feaxe

    the prince of letters shall draw the fiend by his hair,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 201
      • ;
    • Sal. l00: Beo. Th. 3298
      • ;
    • B. 1647.

  • Wið feallendum feaxe

    for falling hair,

    • Med. ex Quadr. 4, 11
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 344, 18.

  • Mid hyre heáfdes feaxe

    căpillis căpĭtis sui,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 38.

  • Swát ǽdrum sprong forþ under fexe

    blood sprang forth from the veins under his hair,

    • Beo. Th. 5926
      • ;
    • B. 2967.

  • Æled lǽtaþ on ðæs feóndes feax

    they shall let fire upon the fiend's hair,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 261
      • ;
    • Sal. 130: Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 27
      • ;
    • Jud. 281.

  • He hæfde blæc feax

    he had black hair,

    • Bd. 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 519, 34.
Etymology
[
Laym. uæx
:
O. Sax. fahs, n
:
O. Frs. fax
:
M. H. Ger. vahs, m
:
O. H. Ger. fahs, n. cæsăries, cŏma
:
Icel. fax, n. a mane.
]
Derived forms
blanden-feax, blonden-, gamol-, un-, up-, won-, wunden-
Linked entries
v.  fæx fex.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FEAX.” 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/10194.

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