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fót, gen. fét ; inst. fét .
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §26; §41; §47; §128; §129; §163; §194; §211; §213; §215; §217; §218; §231; §232; §295; §298; §331; §408; §409; §562;
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the foot of a living creature
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  • Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þines fét.

    • Tech. ii. 126, 9.

  • Mid foet

    pede,

    • Ps. Srt. 65, 6.

  • Mid ðǽm fét,

    • Past. 357, 21.

  • Mid ðý fét,

    • 358, 4.

  • Óðre fét onscód,

    • 44, 8.

  • Seldon hé wolde rídan, ac síðode on his fótum.

    • Hml. S. 26, 80.

  • Gebindað him foet and honda,

    • Mt. R. 22, 13.
¶ where a humble position or condition is expressed
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  • Heó tó his fótum hí ástrehte,

    • Mk. 7, 25.

  • Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan,

    • Vy. 81
      • :
    • B. 500
      • :
    • 1166.

  • Ealle gesceafta þú legst under his fét,

    • Ps. Th. 8, 7
      • :
    • 46, 3.
a foot as a measure of length
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  • Seó eá þæt land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde,

    • Ors. 1. 3
      • ;
    • S. 32, 6.

  • Eahta fóta brádne and twelf fóta heánne,

    • Bd. 1. 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 34, 2.

  • Twígen fýt tó yfæsdrypæ,

    • C.D. ii. 89, 7.
the lowest part of an object
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  • Ánes fótes (cf. fðt-ráp) segl

    sipara,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 61.
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v.  fót-setla.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fót.” 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/46200.

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