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fætt, l. fǽtt,
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of animals or human beings,
in a well-fed condition, plump
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  • Hine oxa ne teáh, ne fǽt hengest,

    • Rä. 23, 14
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  • Þæt þæt gé fǽt sáwon (þæt gé fǽttas gesáwon, R. Ben. 51, 15) gé underféngon, and ꝥ wanhál wæs gé wiðsócan

    quod crassum videbatis, assumebatis; et quod debile erat, proicebatis,

    • R. Ben. I. 56, 14
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  • Þá men beóð mægre, þeáh þe hié ǽr fǽtte wǽron,

    • Lch. ii. 242, 4
      • .

  • Culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, and góse fiþru, swá betere swá fǽtran sién,

    • 196, 23
      • .
in an overfed condition, corpulent, obese
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  • Bearg fǽt

    porcaster obesus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 20
      • :
    • 64, 50
      • .
  • ¶ as a nickname:

    Ealdréd hæfð geunnen Æðestán fǽttan sumne dǽl landes,

    • C. D. iv. 262, 13.
of animals intended to be eaten,
fatted
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  • Fǽt heáhfore

    altilium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 50
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  • Tó féttum stiorce

    ad vitulum saginatum,

    • Kent. Gl. 525
      • .
of things,
plump, full-bodied, substantial
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  • Ðá beóð fulle of fǽttum leáfum and wel wósigum,

    • Lch. i. 258, 3
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  • Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte,

    • 264, 20
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  • Sió hæfð fǽtte and þicce ǽdra,

    • ii. 242, 16.
containing fatty matter, consisting of fat
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  • Genim fǽttes flǽsces, sele twá snǽda,

    • Lch. ii. 268, 30
      • .

  • Bið swá sélre swá hé fǽttron mete ete, and gif hé mæge gedrincan ge ðǽre buteran,

    • iii. 22, 14.
referring to fluids,
oleaginous, unctuous:
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  • Ðý fǽttan

    crasso (crassa olei pinguedine, Ald.),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 67
      • :
    • 18, 52
      • .
rich (of food)
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  • Fǽtt broþ

    pingue jus,

    • Coll. M. 29, 13.

  • Fétto

    pinguia,

    • Kent. Gl. 788
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fertile, productive, rich (soil)
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  • Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on fǽttum landum and begánum,

    • Lch. i. 254, 11
      • .
well supplied with what is needful or desirable, rich in good things
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  • Æt fruman ðes middangeard wæs ðeónde, . . . on spéda genihtsumnysse fǽtt,

    • Hml. Th. i. 614, 19
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v. frǽ-, ofer-fǽtt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fætt.” 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/44477.

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