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felo-ferþ

  • noun
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felo-ferþ, fele-, feolu-, -feorþ
a breast, stomach, maw of an animal
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  • Feleferð

    centumpellia

    ( = ? centipellio the second maw of ruminating animals),

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 4:

    centumpellis,

    • ii. 22, 64:

    centumcilio, i. pellis vel centumpellis,

    • 130, 44
    • .
  • Felofearth, felufrech, feoluferð

    torax,

    • Txts. 102, 1027
    • .
  • Feolufor (-ferð?),

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 17
    • .
  • Gescyld feoluferð mid lungenne (feleferð mið ðǽre lungene, v. l.)

    tege toracem cum pulmone,

    • Lch. i. lxxii. 29.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. uile-fart omasus ( = ventriculus qui continet alia viscera). v.Angl. xxx. 254.
Cf. (?) Icel. fel the rough inside of an animal's maw: fill or fela a maw, Ivar Aasen.
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v.  fele-ferð felofor feolu-ferþ ferþe.
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