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FǼGE

  • adjective
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Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
fated, doomed, destined; prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnet
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  • Æt fótum feóll fǽge cempa

    the fated warrior fell at his feet,

    • Byrht. Th. 135,
      • 17;
    • By. 119 : Exon. 89 a
      • ;
    • Th. 335,
      • 2;
    • Gn. Ex. 27
      • .

  • Næs ic fǽge ðá gyt

    I was not yet doomed,

    • Beo. Th. 4289
      • ;
    • B. 2141 : 5943
      • ;
    • B. 2975
      • .

  • Pharaon gefeól, and his fǽge werud, on ðam Reádan Sǽ

    excussit Pharaōnem, et exercĭtum ejus, in Mări Rubro,

    • Ps. Th. 135,
      • 15.

  • Lǽtaþ gáres ord ingedúfan in fǽges ferþ

    let the javelin-point pierce the life of the doomed one,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2665
      • ;
    • An. 1334 : Salm. Kmbl. 318
      • ;
    • Sal. 158
      • .

  • Hogodon georne hwá ðǽr mid orde ǽrost mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan

    they were earnestly anxious who there might first take life with a spear from the doomed man,

    • Byrht. Th. 135,
      • 28;
    • By. 125
      • .

  • Wyrd ne meahte in fǽgum leng feorg gehealdan

    fate might not longer preserve life in the destined,

    • Exon. 48 a
      • ;
    • Th. 165,
      • 19;
    • Gú. 1031
      • .

  • Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman

    the falchion passed through all her fated carcase,

    • Beo. Th. 3140
      • ;
    • B. 1568
      • .

  • On ðæt fǽge folc

    in the fated band,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 233
      • ;
    • El. 117
      • .

  • Wræce bísgodon fǽge þeóda

    the fated people were busied in evil,

    • Cd. 64
      • ;
    • Th. 76,
      • 30;
    • Gen. 1265
      • .

  • Fǽge swulton on geofene

    the destined perished in the ocean,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3059
      • ;
    • An. 1532
      • .

  • Scipflotan fǽge feóllan

    the death-doomed shipmen fell,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112,
      • 12;
    • Æðelst. 12
      • .

  • Ádl fǽgum feorh óþ-þringeþ

    disease will expel life from the fated,

    • Exon. 82 b
      • ;
    • Th. 310,
      • 7;
    • Seef. 71 : Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24,
      • 27;
    • Jud. 209
      • .

  • Nó ðý fǽgra wæs

    that was not the more fated,

    • Cd. 162
      • ;
    • Th, 203,
      • 6;
    • Exod. 399
      • .
dead, killed, slain; mortuus, occīsus
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  • Todǽlan werum to wiste fǽges flǽschoman

    to distribute the flesh of the slain to the men for food,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 307
      • ;
    • An. 154
      • .

  • Ofer ðæt fǽge hús

    over the dead house,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1759
      • ;
    • El. 881
      • .

  • Hirdas lǽgon gǽsne on greóte, fǽgra flǽschaman

    the keepers lay lifeless on the sand, the carcases of the slain,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2171
      • ;
    • An. 1087
      • .

  • Fǽgum stæfnum

    with dead bodies,

    • Cd. 166
      • ;
    • Th. 207,
      • 5;
    • Exod. 462
      • .
accursed, condemned; execrātus, damnātus
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  • Egeslícne cwide sylf sigora Weard ofer ðæt fǽge folc forþ forlǽteþ

    the Lord of victories himself shall send forth a dreadful utterance over the condemned folk,

    • Exon. 30 a
      • ;
    • E Th. 92,
      • E33;
    • E Cri. 1518
      • E.

  • On ðæt deópe dæl gefeallaþ synfulra here, fǽge gǽstas

    the band of the sinful shall fall into the deep gulf, accursed spirits,

    30 b;
    • Th. 94,
      • 3;
    • Cri. 1534
      • .
feeble, timid; imbēcillus, tĭmĭdus
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  • Nis mín breóstsefa forht ne fǽge

    my mind is not afraid nor feeble,

      Exon. 37 a; Th. 120, 33; Gú. 281.

  • Ne willaþ eów andrǽdan deáde féðan, fǽge ferhþlócan

    dread ye not dead bands, feeble carcases,

      Cd. 156; Th. 194, 27; Exod. 267.
Etymology
[Laym. feie : O. Sax. fégi : Dut. veeg : Ger. feig tĭmĭdus, ignāvus : M. H. Ger. veige : O. H. Ger. feigi : Icel. feigr.]
Derived forms
DER. deáþ-fǽge, slege-, un- : un-fǽglíc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FǼGE.” 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/9909.

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