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  • Feára

    paulorum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 54
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Substantival.
few persons or things
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  • Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon,

    • Bl. H. 53, 1
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  • On þám folce feáwe wǽran ǽnige

    there were few only in that folk,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 11
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  • Hwæt ðá feáwa syndan þe his willan wyrcean willen,

    • R. Ben. 2, 17
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  • Hé cýdde fela be Crístes godcundnysse . . . feáwa hé áwrát be his menniscnysse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 70, 21
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followed by a pronoun in the singular
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  • Feáwa siént tó þám gesceádwíse, gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde, ꝥ hé ne wilnige ꝥ his sǽlþa weorþan onwende,

      Bt. 11, 1 ; F. 32, 32.

  • Manegum is forgifen ðæt hé sprecan mæig, and swíþe feáwum (or sing.? v. 2) ðæt hé sý gesceádwís,

    • Prov. K. 5.
with gen., in sing.
a few, small number of, in pl. few of
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  • Manige weras þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit,

    • Bt. 19
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    • F. 70, 12
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  • Feá ǽnig wæs monna cynnes

    there was only a few of mankind,

    • Rä. 61, 3.

  • On þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána,

    • Hml. S. 20, 77
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  • Ic hæbbe áne feáwa geférena,

    • 23, 733
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  • Sprecan áne feáwa worda,

    • Nic. 5, 40
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adjectival
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  • Þá frýnd . . . þe hine for þám welan lufiaþ . . . þá feáwan þe hine for lufum lufedon,

    • Bt. 29, 2
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    • F. 106, 11
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  • Feám wordum,

    • Past. 73, 19
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  • Feám (feáum, v. l.),

    • 75, 16
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  • Feáum,

    • 395, 12
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    • Bt. 19
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    • F. 70, 11
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  • Feáwum,

    • 11, 2
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    • F. 34, 7
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  • Binnan feágum (feáwum, v. l.) tídum,

    • Lch. i. 100, 12
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  • Mid feáwum þám getrýwestum mannum,

    • Ap. Th. 6, 5
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  • Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá

    (paucos homines)

    . . . hét ic feá strǽla

    (paucas sagittas)

    sendan,

    • Nar. 10, 16, 22
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  • Þás feáwan cwidas rǽdan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 402, 2
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  • Þás feáwan dagas,

    • Bl. H. 37, 11
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  • Hí lǽtaþ þíne feáwan getreówan mid þé,

    • Bt. 20
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    • F. 72, 17
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  • Þá feástan

    paucissimi,

    • Ps. Srt. 104, 13
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  • Feáwoste,

    • Bl. Gl
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undeclined:
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  • Æfter feáwa dagum,

    • Lk. 15, 13.

  • Æfter feáwa (feáwum, v. l.) dagum,

    • Mart. H. 176, 4
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feáwa.” 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/44593.

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