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Wright's OE grammar
§7; §54; §155; §302; §340;
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a bosom, lap
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  • Faethm

    gremium (gremen, MS.),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 3
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  • Faeðm

    sinus,

    • 120, 66
      • .

  • Openige nú þín se fægresta fæþm and se clǽna,

    • Bl. H. 7, 25
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  • On fæþme

    gremio,

    • An. Ox. 32, 11
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  • On fæðme (in fæðem, L.) fædres

    in sinu patris,

    • Jn. R. 1, 18
      • .
the fore-arm
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  • Eln

    ulna,

    fæðm

    cubitus,

    hand

    manus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 72
      • :
    • 283, 11.
as a measure of length,
a cubit:
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  • Genim medmicle moran glædenon fædme longe and swá greáte swá ðín þuma,

    • Lch. iii. 18, 24
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  • Se arc wæs mid ánre fæþme ufewerd belocen,

    • Scrd. 21, 5
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  • Seó earc wæs .ccc. fæðmena lang and .1. fæðmena wíd and xxx fǽðmena heáh,

    • Sal. K. 184, 29
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an arm which embraces; in pl. (embracing) arms, bosom
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  • Sceal beón seó góde sáwel on Abrahames fæðmum oð dómes dæg,

    • Wlfst. 238, 7
      • :
    • Ps. 188
      • .
the distance covered by the arms outstretched, a fathom
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  • Faeðm vel twégen stridi

    passus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 40
      • .
a closed hand, fist
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  • Hand

    manus,

    fæþm

    pugnus,

    brád hand

    palma,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 13
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fæþm.” 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/44470.

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