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feax

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Wright's OE grammar
§68; §177; §327; §343;
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  • Feax

    coma,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 36
    • :
    • ii. 22, 56
    • .
  • Wiþ ꝥ ðæt mannes fex (feax, v. l.) fealle,

    • Lch. i. 110, 15
    • .
  • Ꝥ fýr ne fornam ne án hǽr heora feaxes,

    • Hml. S. 30, 465
    • .
  • Fexe, hǽre

    capillatura,

    • An. Ox. 1214
    • .
  • Heó hire wætres bæd, and hí þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde

    (crines composuit),

    • Bd. 3, 9
    • ;
    • Sch. 232, 9
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  • Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan

    (comas usque ad talos),

    • Nar. 35, 2
    • .
  • Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw,

    • Prov. K. 42
    • .
  • Fexa, hǽra

    cincinnorum,

    • An. Ox. 1199
    • :
    • 4172
    • .
  • Feaxum

    comis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 45.
a bush (?).
Similar entries
v. feaxede
[cf. (?)
Icel. vallar-fax the wood (poet.).
]
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  • Oð ealdan hege; on westhealfe ealdan hege tó feaxum; ðonne west from feaxum,

    • C. D. iii. 429, 12
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fax.
]
Similar entries
v. fore-, loc-, wíf-feax; feax-wund; -feaxe.
Linked entries
v.  feaxede feax-gerǽdian.
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