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fót-swæþ

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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fót-swæþ, -swaþu.
of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures.
Grammar
fót-swæþ, neut.
or uncertain
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  • Ne bið nǽnig wonung on þǽm sande ðǽra Drihtnes fótswaða,

      Mart. H. 74, 21.
  • Hé ástrehte hine tó Ióhannes fótswaðum,

      Hml. Th. i. 68, 14.
  • Ic sceolde his fótswaðum fylian,

      382, 18.
  • Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, ge for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ,

      Lch. i. 318, 22.
fem.
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  • Fylian his fótswaðe

    ejus vestigia sequi,

      Gr. D. 60, 26.
  • Hé náne fótswaðe on ðám snáwe ne geseah,

      Hml. Th. ii. 136, 32.
of the trace of things
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  • Nán synne fótswæð (

    uestigium

    ) on his sáwle belífð,
      Scint. 25, 12.
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  • fót-swæþ, n.