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fáh

(adj.)

colouredtinctus, colōrātus

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coloured; tinctus, colōrātus Blóde fáh coloured with blood, Beo. Th. 1873; B. 934

fáh

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exposed to the vengeance of a slain man's kin because of the murder Gif fáh mon (gefáh mon, v. l.) cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum nán mon út ne teó if a criminal fly for refuge to a church, for seven days no one shall drag him out, Ll.

FÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁH, fág; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. fára; dat. fáum; adj.

Guilty, criminal, proscribed, outlawed, inimical, hostilesons, reus, proscriptus, inĭmīcus, infensus, infentus

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Leahtrum fáh guilty of crimes, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 6; Wal. 66. Leahtrurn , nom. pl. Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 7; Cri. 830: 30 b; Th. 94. 12; Cri. 1539. Máne fáh guilty of crime, Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978. Máne , nom. pl. Andr. Kmbl. 3196; An. 1601.

fáh

Similar entry: scúr-fáh

fáh-man

(n.)
Grammar
fáh-man, -mon, es; m.

A foeman, an enemyinĭmīcus

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A foeman, an enemy; inĭmīcus Gif hie fáhmon [fáhman MS. H.] geierne if a foeman flee to it, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 9

Linked entry: ge-fáhmon

ban-fáh

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ban-fáh, l. bán-fáh

adorned with bone

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adorned with bone (of a hall)

fáh-man

Grammar
fáh-man, l. fáh man,

Similar entry: fáh

fág

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Faag arrius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 68. Fág, 7, 21. Faag farius, 108, 27. Fág, 35, 9. Fáh barius, varius, 125, 24. Ceruleus, i. glaucus, fáh, deorc, color est inter album et nigrum, subniger, 130, 35.

ban-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ban-fáh, -fág; adj. [ban, bana a killer, fág stained]

Death or murder stainedhomicidio pollutuslethifer

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Death or murder stained; homicidio pollutus, lethifer, Beo. Th. 1564; B. 780

FÁG

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁG, fáh; def. se fága, seó, ðæt fáge; adj.

Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor

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Ðæt sweord fáh and fæted the sword blood-stained and ornate, 5395; B. 2701: 2576; B. 1286. Bleóbrygdum fág shining with variegated colours, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 9; Ph. 292. Gár golde fáh a weapon shining with gold, Menol. Fox 503; Gn. C. 22.

drop-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
drop-fáh, -fág; adj. [dropa a drop, fáh coloured, stained]

Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted stillātus

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Wið dropfágum andwlatan for a spotted face, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 6; Lchdm. i. 348, 21

án-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
án-fáh, adj.

Of one colourunicolor

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Of one colour; unicolor

dreór-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-fáh, adj.

Stained with gore cruentātus

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Stained with gore; cruentātus, Beo. Th. 974; B. 485

hring-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hring-fáh, adj.
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Of many colours, diversified with circular spots of colour [?] Hringfégh oculata, vel polimita Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 29; Wrt. Voc. 26, 28. Hét wircean him hringfáge tunecan fecit ei tunicam polymitam, Gen. 37, 3

Linked entry: hring-wíse

nearu-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu-fáh, adj.

Disastrously hostilebearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits

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Disastrously hostile, bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges níð, him se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4623; B. 2317

reád-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
reád-fáh, adj.
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Red-stained, having patches of red colour Wág reádfáh, Exon. Th. 476, 19; Ruin. 10

swát-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
swát-fáh, adj.
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Blood-stained Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfag and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Vald. 1, 5. Swátfáh syrce, Beo. Th. 2226; B. 1111

un-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fáh, adj.

Not regarded as a foe

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Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned Gif hwá heonanforð ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fǽhðe ... Gif hine seó mǽgð forlǽte ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó

Linked entries: un-fǽhð fáh

wan-fáh

Similar entry: wann-fáh

drop-fáh

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Add: name of the starling from its markings Dropfaag stornus, stronus, Txts. 96, 924. Dropfág stronius (cf. stærn stronus, 29, 39), Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 27