Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

FEFER

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.
A FEVER; febris
Show examples

  • Se fefer hine forlét

    relīquit eum febris,

    • Jn. Bos. 4, 52.

  • Gif him fefer derige

    if fever vex him,

    • Herb. 46, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 148, 19.

  • Se fefor

    the fever,

    • Mt. Bos. 8, 15.

  • Ǽr hym ðæs feferes wéne

    before he expects the fever,

    • Herb. 2, 12
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 84, 7.

  • Wið fefre

    for fever,

    • L. M. 1, 62
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 134. 14, 27.

  • Wið ðone cólan fefor

    against cold fever,

    • Herb. 138, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 256, l0.

  • Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde

    the fevers will be forced away,

    • 143, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 266, 13.

  • On mycelum feferum

    magnis febrĭbus,

    • Lk. Bos. 4, 38.

  • Wið ða stíðustan feferas, genim ðas sylfan wyrte and gedrige hý

    for the strongest fevers, take this same herb and dry it,

    • Herb. 20, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 114, 16: 38, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 138, 3.

  • Ǽlces dæges fefer

    an every day or quotidian fever,

    • L. M. 1, 62
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 134, 24.

  • Þriddan dæges fefer

    a tertian fever,

    • i, 62
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 134, 21.

  • Feórþan dæges fefer

    a quartan fever,

    • Herb. 2, 12
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 84, 5.
Etymology
[
Piers P. feveres, pl
:
Chauc. fevere
:
Plat. fever, n
:
Ger. fieber, n
:
M. H. Ger. vieber, n
:
O. H. Ger. fiebar, n
:
Dan. feber, m. f
:
Swed. feber, m
:
Lat. febris, f.
]
Linked entries
v.  fǽr fefor.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FEFER.” 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/10222.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • FEFER, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.