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feax-ness

(n.)
Grammar
feax-ness, e; f.

Hair

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Hair Faexnis capillatur(a) (cf. fex, hǽr capillatura, An. Ox. 1214), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 60. Locgewind vel fexnes capillatura, 128, 38

fore-feax

(n.)
Grammar
fore-feax, es; n.

forelocks

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The hair growing on the front of the head, forelocks Forefex antiae, crines, Hpt. Gl. 526, 43, 44

Linked entries: feax fore-locc

wan-feax

Similar entry: wann-feax

síd-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feax, -feaxe, -fexe ; adj.

With long hair

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With long hair Absalon wæs sídfeaxe, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 221 MS. U. Sídfexe capillatus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 256, 10 note. Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Th. Ap. 6, 12. Sume gáþ sídfeaxe, ðæt hý þurh ðæt wiðmetene sýn Samuele and Elian

Linked entries: síd síd-feaxode

gomel-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gomel-feax, gomol-feax, gamol-feax; adj.
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomelfeax gnornaþ the hoary-locked grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92

Linked entries: gamol-feax gomol-feax

gomol-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gomol-feax, adj.
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomolfeax hæleþ a hoary-locked hero, Chr. 975; Th. 228, 27, col. 2, 3

feax-eacas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eacas, -eacon?

Hair hanging down the forehead ⬩ forelocks ⬩ antiæ frontis ⬩ sive a fronte dependentes

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Hair hanging down the forehead, forelocks; antiæ frontis, sive a fronte dependentes, Cot. 6, Som. Ben. Lye

feax-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
feax-hár, adj.

Hoary-haired ⬩ cŏmam cānam hăbens

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Hoary-haired; cŏmam cānam hăbens Ic wæs feaxhár I was hoary-haired, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 13; Rä. 73, 1

Linked entry: hár

feax-nǽdel

(n.)
Grammar
feax-nǽdel, e; f.

A hair-needle ⬩ curling-iron ⬩ crisping-pin ⬩ călămistrum ⬩ ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta

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A hair-needle, curling-iron, crisping-pin; călămistrum, ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta Feaxnǽdel călămistrum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 101; Wrt. Voc. 17, 4

feax-net

(n.)
Grammar
feax-net, -nett, es; n.

A hair-net ⬩ net-work cap for confining the hair ⬩ rētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendis ⬩ rīcŭla

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A hair-net, net-work cap for confining the hair; rētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendis, rīcŭla Feaxnet rētĭcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 89; Wrt. Voc. 66, 59: rīgŭla [ = rīcŭla, Car. Ains.], Som. 55, 96; Wrt. Voc. 16, 66

gamol-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gamol-feax, adj.

With hoary locks ⬩ grey-haired ⬩ cānus

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With hoary locks, grey-haired; cānus Gamolfeax hæleþ a hoary-headed hero, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo. Th. 1220; B. 608

loc-feax

(n.)
Grammar
loc-feax, es; n.

Hair

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Hair Ðæs wonges locfeax cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 57

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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[blanden; pp. of blandan to mix; feax, fex hair] Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old; comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex. Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote

Linked entry: blonden-feax

blonden-feax

(v.)
Grammar
blonden-feax, part.

Having mixed hair ⬩ comam mixtam habens

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Having mixed hair; comam mixtam habens, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 7; Gen. 2341: 123; Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600: Beo. Th. 3586; B. 1791: 5916; B. 2962: 3750; B. 1873: 3193, B. 1594

wunden-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
wunden-feax, adj.

With plaited mane

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With plaited mane Wicg wundenfeax, Beo. Th. 2804; B. 1400

and-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
and-feax, adj.
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Bald Andfeaxe (-fexe, v. l.) weorðaþ ðǽra swýðe manega very many of them shall become bald (cf. Isaiah 3, 17, 24), Wlfst. 46, 1

feax-cláþ

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Feaxcláð (printed seax-) fascia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 74. For Cot. 93 substitute

feax-gerǽdian

(v.)
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Dele

feax-sceacga

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Dele

feax-sceacged

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Dele