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fiðere

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
fiðere, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§41;
A wing; āla:
Wings; ālæ, pennæ
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  • Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ

    if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29.

  • Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres

    pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 13.

  • Sindon ða fiðru hwít

    the wings are white,

    • Exon. 60a: Th. 218, 20
      • ;
    • Ph. 297.

  • Bearn manna under wǽfelse oððe on gescyldnesse ðínra fiðera [Spl. fyðera] hopiaþ

    fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 35, 8: 56, 2: 60, 5.

  • Gehýd me under ðínra fiðera [Lamb. fyðerena] sceade

    sub umbra ālārum tuārum protĕge me,

    • Ps. Th. 16, 8.

  • Under fiðerum [Th. fiðrum: Lamb. fyðerum] his ðú hopudest

    sub pennis ejus spērābis,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 4: Lk. Bos. 13, 34.

  • Nabbaþ hí æt fiðrum fultum

    they have no help from wings,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15
      • ;
    • Met. 31, 8.

  • Fleáh ofer fiðera [Th. fiðeru: Lamb. fyðru] winda

    vŏlāvit sŭper pennas ventōrum,

    • Ps. Spl. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 318, 27.

  • Abred of ða fiðeru

    take off the wings,

    • Lev. 1, 17: Ps. Th. 54, 6: 138, 7: Salm. Kmbl. 528
      • ;
    • Sal. 263.

  • Se fótum tredeþ fiðru [Spl. fyðeru: Lamb. fyðeras] winda

    qui ambŭlat sŭper pennas ventōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 103, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 1
      • ;
    • Met. 24, 1: Exon. 65a
      • ;
    • Th. 241, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 652: 109b
      • ;
    • Th. 418, 18
      • ;
    • Rä. 37, 7.

  • Ac ðǽr ic móste ðín mód gefiðerigan mid ðám fiðerum, ðæt ðú mihtest mid me fliógan

    but if I were allowed to furnish, thy mind with wings, that thou mightest fly with me,

    • Bt. 36, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 174, 6: Ps. Th. 60, 3: 62, 7: 148, 10.

  • Hí mid hyra fiðrum weardiaþ [MS. wearþ]

    they protect with their wings,

    • Exon. 13b
      • ;
    • Th. 25. 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 395: 55a
      • ;
    • Th. 195, 23
      • ;
    • Az. 160: 60b
      • ;
    • Th. 220, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 316: 88b
      • ;
    • Th. 332, 21
      • ;
    • Vy. 88: Elen. Kmbl. 1482
      • ;
    • El. 743.

  • Hìm fiðeras ne fultumaþ

    wings support them not,

    • Bt. 41, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 254, 26.
Similar entries
v. feðer II.
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v.  FEÐER fyðera.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fiðere.” 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/10829.

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