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Anglo-Saxon

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feax

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Fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe pro diuersa capillorum specie, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 20. Add

fela

Grammar
fela, <b>;
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III 6.</b> add Ic ne dorste geðrístlǽcan þára mínra áwuht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21

feá-sceaftig

(adj.)
Grammar
feá-sceaftig, adj.

Poor, destitute pauper, destĭtūtus, mĭser

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Poor, destitute; pauper, destĭtūtus, mĭser Feásceaftig ferþ poor soul, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 19; Seef. 26

Linked entry: -sceaftig

fǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽr, adj.

Fair, beautiful pulcher

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Fair, beautiful ; pulcher Hors ðæs fǽrestan heowes a horse of the most beautiful colour, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16, note

fæs

(n.)
Grammar
fæs, fæss, fas, es; pl. nom. acc, fasu; n.

A fringefimbria

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A fringe; fimbria On fæsumgyldenum in fimbriis aureis, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 15. Wíf gehrán fas [fæss, Rush.] oððe wlóh wédes his mŭlier tĕtĭgit fimbriam vestīmenti ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 20: 14, 36. Micclaþ fasu hiora magnĭfĭcant fimbrias, Mt. Kmbl. Rush

Linked entries: fas fnæs fæsce

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified; fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus Ealle mǽst steorran syndfæste on ðam fimamentum almost all stars are fixed in the firmament, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 26; Lchdm. iii. 268

-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

fætt

(v.)
Grammar
fætt, part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented bracteātus

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Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented; bracteātus Sincgestreónum fættan goldes with precious treasures of rich gold, Beo. Th. 2190; B. 1093: 4484; B. 2246. Fættan golde with rich gold, 4210; B. 2102. Hwanon ferigeaþ gé fætte scyldas whence bear

fas

(n.)

a fringe

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a fringe, Som. Ben. Lye

fast

(adj.)
Grammar
fast, fast, Som. Ben. Lye. v. fæst

fast, firm

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fast, firm

fatu

(n.)
Grammar
fatu, fata

vats, vessels

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vats, vessels, Mk. Bos. 3, 27: Mt. Bos. 12, 29

feaht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feaht, fought, Byrht. Th. 139, 14; By. 254; p.
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of feohtan

felþ

(v.)
Grammar
felþ, falls,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 30
  • ;
  • Met. 5, 15
;
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3rd pers. pres. of feallan

féng

(v.; part.)
Grammar
féng, pl. féngon took,
  • Beo. Th. 5970
  • ;
  • B. 2989: Salm. Kmbl. 866
  • ;
  • Sal. 432
;
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p.of fón

fær

Grammar
fær, for.

Similar entry: FOR

fær-

(prefix)

Linked entry: ǽht

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. Th. i. 64

fám

foam

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Add: Leásung vel faam famfaluca, Txts. 62, 426. Fám, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. Fám, hwastas molles, 55, 72. foam of living creatures Mid fámæ cum spuma, Lk. L. 9, 39. Dó þǽrtó báres fám, Lch. i. 360, 1. foam, froth of boiling liquid Dó on pannan, wyl swíðe

Linked entry: fámwæstas

fatu

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in Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 63: 41, 35 is Latin ( = fato)

féla

(v.)
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B. 1032