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ferd-wíte

(n.)

a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army

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a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3

earfoþ-fere

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-fere, adj.

Difficult to pass diffĭcĭlis transĭtu

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Difficult to pass; diffĭcĭlis transĭtu, Scint. 10

ge-féra

Similar entry: simbel-geféra

ge-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fére, adj.

Easy of accessfăcĭlis accessu

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Easy of access; făcĭlis accessu Nis se foldan sceát mongum gefére the tract of earth is not easy of access to many, Exon. 55 b; Th. 198, 3; Ph. 4

Linked entry: -fére

stí-ferh

Similar entry: stig-fearh

þurh-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-fére, adj.

That may be passed through or overpassableperviouspenetrale

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That may be passed through or over, passable, pervious Geat þurhfére porta pervia, Hymn. Surt. 112, 9. The neuter used substantivally translates penetrale : -- On þurhférun in penetralibus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 26

Linked entry: þurh-fær

un-fére

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Add:

forþ-feran

Grammar
forþ-feran, l. -féran,
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and add Forðférende obeuntem, morientem, Hpt. Gl. 501, 31. Ðá ðe wǽron forðférede for hund geárum oððon gyt firnor, Wlfst. 96, 7

cyning-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-feorm, cyninges feorm, e; f. [feorm food, support]

Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household regis firma

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Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household; regis firma Ic heó gefreóge écelíce ðæs gafoles, ðe hió nú get to cyninges handa ageofan sceolan of ðam dǽle ðe ðǽr ungefreód to láfe wæs ðære, cyningfeorme, ge on hlutrum alaþ, ge on beóre, ge on hunige

feor-studu

(n.)
Grammar
feor-studu, feor-studu, -stuþu, -stud (feór-?), e, u; f.

staybuttress

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A sloping beam, stay, buttress Ferstud continuus, Txts. 108, 1110. Feurstud destina (cf. seó wræðstuðu (destina) þám wáge tó wreþe geseted wæs, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 269, 22), 123, 18. Flór pavimentum, feorstuþu obstupum (obstipum? cf. (?) obstipum, oblicum

feax-eácas

(n.)
Grammar
feax-eácas, feax-eáca, an; m.

A forelock

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A forelock Loccas oððe feaxeácan antiae frontis (calamistro crispantur, Ald. 77, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 66. Substitute:

feld-hrýðer

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hrýðer, feld-hríþer, es; n.
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A beast out at pasture iiii feldhrýðera (pascuales vituli), Nap. 56, 7. Substitute:

Linked entry: feld-oxa

feld-seten

(n.)
Grammar
feld-seten, feld-setenn, e; f.
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Country occupied as pasture-land On felda ł on feldsætennum in campo Taneos, Ps. Lamb. 77, 12

feld-swop

(n.)
Grammar
feld-swop, feld-wóp, es; m.

A peewit

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A peewit (?) Felduuóp, felduóp bradigabo, Txts. 44, 131. Feldwuóp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 45. Feldwóp bradigatio, ploratio campi, 127, 16. Substitute:

feorh-ner

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.
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Ꝥ hié oncnáwan mihton hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, Bl. H. 105, 32. Tó hwon féddest þú þé ǽnne of þǽm þe ic inc bám gesceóp tó welan and tó wiste and tó feorhrere?, Wlfst. 259, 17. Substitute: and add

fela-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
fela-sprǽc, e; f.
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Much speaking In heora feolaspréce in multiloquio suo, Mt. R. 6, 7

feld-oxa

(n.)
Grammar
feld-oxa, an; m.
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An ox out at pasture (opposed to a fat ox) His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . twelf fǽtte oxan and twéntig feldoxan (oxen out of the pastures; boves pascuales, 1 Kings 4, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 576, 33

feoh-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsung, e; f.

Avaricecovetousnessmiserliness

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Avarice, covetousness, miserliness Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6. For feohgýtsunge

feorh-hyrde

Grammar
feorh-hyrde, l. -hirde,
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Se cyning wile his treówe and his gehát wið ðé gehealdon, and þé feorhhyrde beón, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 159, 23. and add

for-feran

Grammar
for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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and add: of physical death. natural Se cing (Ethelred) forférde (geendode his dagas, v. l.) on S. Georgies mæssedæg æfter miclum geswince Chr. 1016; P. 148, 21. of violent or untimely death, to perish Forférde Hácun eorl on sǽ (comes Hacun in mari periit