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fird-faru

Grammar
fird-faru, Take here fyrd-faru,
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Frig ǽlces woruldlican weorces búton ðám ðe eallum folce gæméne is, ðót is fyrdfara, sig hit on scipfyrde, sig hit on landfyrde, C. D. iv. 51, 18. and add

fird-gemaca

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fird-ham

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fird-hrægl

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fird-leóþ

(n.)

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fird-soeorp

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fird-soip

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fird-sócn

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attendance in the fird, Hió hit hæbben tó frión ǽlces þinges bútan wealgeworce and brygcgeweorce and ferdsócne, C. D. iii. 255, 18: 256, 17: iv. 363, 6: Cht. E. 242, 17. Take here fyrd- sócn and add:

fird-weard

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fird-weorod

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Firdwerod phalanx, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 70. Fyrdwerod falarica, 33, 48. Ferdwerod equitatus, 143, 72. Take here fyrd-werod, and add

fird-wíse

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fird-wíte

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Gif cierlisc man forsitte fyrde, .xxx. scitt. tó fierdwite, Ll. Th. i. 134, 10. Take here fyrd-wíte, and add

wæl-fill

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fill, es; m.

Slaughter ⬩ carnage

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Slaughter, carnage Wælfill cedes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 67. Wælfyl statis (stragis, v. Ald. 173, 3), 93, 52. Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92,11; Gen. 1527

Linked entry: wæl-feall

or-firm

(n.)
Grammar
or-firm, or-firmu f.

Squalor

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Squalor Orfiermae, orfermae squalores, Txts. 96, 933

bær-fisce

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fíf-leáf

(n.)
Grammar
fíf-leáf, es; n.: -leáfe, an; f.
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fíf-ecgede

(adj.)
Grammar
fíf-ecgede, adj.

Five-edged ⬩ five-cornered ⬩ quinquangúlus

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Five-edged, five-cornered; quinquangúlus Fíf-ecgede quinquangŭlus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 61

finiht

(adj.)
Grammar
finiht, adj. [fin a fin]

Having fins ⬩ finny ⬩ pinnĭger

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Having fins, finny; pinnĭger Scilfixas finihte finnyy shell fishes, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 25

fynig

(adj.)
Grammar
fynig, fini; adj.

Mouldy ⬩ musty ⬩ damp ⬩ mūcĭdus ⬩ uligĭnōsus

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Mouldy, musty, damp; mūcĭdus, uligĭnōsus Gyf ðæt húsel byþ fynig if the housel be mouldy, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 8, 13. Fynig alluginatus [ = ulīgĭnōsus ], Ælfc. Gl. 106; Som. 78, 48; Wrt. Voc. 57, 29

Linked entries: fini finig finiht ád-fynig

fixian

(v.)
Grammar
fixian, p. ode; pp. od [fisc = fix a fish]

To fish ⬩ piscāri

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To fish; piscāri Ic fixige piscor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 11. For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1

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