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§86; §87; §139; §173; §182; §215; §231; §328; §329; §346; §399;
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cattle, tame beasts as opposed to wild
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  • Fugel oððe fisc on sǽ, oððe on eorðan neát, feldgangende feoh bútan snyttro, oððe wildra deóra þæt grimmeste,

    • Seel. 81
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  • Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald,

    • Gen. 201
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    • 1517
    • .
  • Feoh and fuglas,

    • 1299.
  • Feld mid þý feó oferbrǽded,

    • Bl. H. 199, 3
    • .
property, wealth, money.
in a general sense
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  • Is betere þæt feoh þætte nǽfre losian ne mæg, þonne ꝥ þe mæg and sceal,

    • Bt. 11, 2
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    • F. 34, 18
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    • 13
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    • F. 38, 18, 20
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  • Hweþer micel feoh oððe weorþscipe oððe eall þes andwearda wela mæge ǽnigne mon dón swá gesǽline,

    • 26, 1
    • ;
    • F. 90, 12
    • :
    • Wand. 108
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  • Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós,

    • Bl. H. 43, 13
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    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 20, 27-21, 4
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  • For feós lufon,

    • Bl. H. 63, 7, 8
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  • Godes feós ðeófð

    sacrilegium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 31
    • .
  • Sel mé dǽl fǽes (feás, R.) and dǽlde ðǽm ꝥ feh

    da mihi portionem substantiae et diuisit substantiam,

    • Lk. L. 15, 12, 13.
  • Gif ðú þisses mannes feá (cf. góde, 3, and: Hé his hrægle onféng, 280, 21) ne onfénge,

    • Bd. 3, 19
    • ;
    • Sch. 281, 8
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  • Gif hié feoh (fioh, v. l.) habbað and his him oftióð

    si quas haberent pecunias absconderent,

    • Past. 377, 2
    • .
  • For ðý hí wilniaþ anwealdes þe hié woldon ormǽte feoh gegaderian

    potentiam pecuniae causa petunt,

    • Bt. 24, 2
    • ;
    • F. 82, 17
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  • Heó forsalde all feh

    (substantiam)

    hire,

    • Lk. R. L. 8, 43.
of an article of property:
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  • Gif hé

    (the slain slave)

    ánne dæg lyfað ofer þæt, hé

    (the owner)

    bið unscildig, for þám hit ys his feoh

    (pecunia),

    • Ex. 21, 21
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    • Ll. Th. i. 48, 15
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  • Ǽlcere synne ǽrre ys gýtsung and lufu feóna

    (pecuniarum)

    • Scint. 112, 2.
of valuable property, riches, treasure, an article or material of value:
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  • Wela, hord, feoh

    gazofilacium

    (cf. in Temples feh in corbanan,
    • Mt. R. 27, 6
    • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 24
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  • Ꝥ is ꝥ eallra deórweorþeste feoh

    pretiosissimum divitiarum genus est,

    • Bt. 20
    • ;
    • F. 72, 26
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  • Mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded, fáconleás feh,

    • Jn. p. 188, 5
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  • Deórwyrþe feoh

    opes,

    • Bt. 20
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    • F. 72, 23
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  • Gehlódon him tó húðe hordwearda gestreón, feá and freós,

    • Dan. 66.
  • ¶ licgende feoh

    gold and silver, treasure, money

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  • Þæt hié bewisten eal þæt licgende feoh under ánum hrófe þæt hié begeáton oþþe on gafole oþþe on hergiunga,

    • Ors. 2, 4
    • ;
    • S. 72, 4
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  • Þǽr hé geáscade þæt Geoweorþan goldhord wæs, and þá burgleóde him ágeáfon eall ꝥ licgende feoh ꝥ þær binnan wæs,

    • 5, 7
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    • S. 230, 6
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  • Hié sealdon Demostanase licgende feoh

    Demosthenes auro corruptus,

    • 3, 9
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    • S. 124, 1
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property dealt with in business transactions
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  • Gehýred feoh

    locatio,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 60.
  • Behýred feoh,

    • ii. 54, 3:

    conductio,

    • 135, 70
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  • Geléned feoh vel on borh geseald

    res credita,

    • i. 20, 70
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  • Álǽned feoh

    pignus,

    gylden wed vel feoh

    arra,

    forweddad feoh

    fiducia,

    • 21, 5-8
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price paid.
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v. sellan; IV.
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  • Feh blódes hit is

    praetium sanguinis est,

    • Mt. L. 27, 6
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  • Mid hú micelan feó woldest þú þá habban geboht ꝥ . . .,

    • Bt. 20
    • ;
    • F. 72, 19, 21
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  • Sume hí gebycgaþ hlísan mid heora ágnum deáþe, for þǽm hí wénaþ ꝥ hí næbben nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore

    nonnulli venerandum nomen gloriosae pretio mortis emerunt,

    • 39, 11
    • ;
    • F. 228, 29
    • .
property given as wages, bribe (v. feoh-fang) or gift
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  • Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm gedále ðæs feós wilnigen ðisses lǽnan lífes

    ne ex impenso munere transitoriam laudem quaerant,

    • Past. 323, 12.
  • Se yfela déma onféhð medmycclum feó and onwendeþ þone rihtan dóm for þæs feós lufon,

    • Bl. H. 61, 31
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    • 43, 10
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  • Hié feoh sealdon þǽm weardum

    they bribed the keepers,

    • 177, 28
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  • feoh þe mon ðám ferdmonnum sellan sceolde,

    • Bt. 27, 4
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    • F. 100, 14
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(coined) metal, coin.
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v. sleán; II a
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  • Feoh

    pecunia vel nummus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 11
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  • Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós,

      Cht. Th. 168, 16.
  • Mid uncre claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde,

    • Txts. 175, 5
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  • Hwanon þú þus eald feoh geméttest, and þus ealde penegas hider bróhtest,

    • Hml. S. 23, 587
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  • Swíðe eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh,

    • 614.
  • Hwæt begytst þú of þínum cræfte? Scrúd and feoh

    (pecuniam),

    • Coll. M. 23, 5.
  • Feóna

    sestertiorum,

    • Germ. 395, 76
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