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fǽr-rǽden

Similar entry: fér-rǽden

fǽr-rǽsende

(adj.)
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rushing impetuously; repens Feerǽsende repentia, Rtl. 125, 31

Linked entry: fǽr-rǽs

fær-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
fær-sceat, fær-sceatt, es; m.

fare

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Passage-money, fare " Ástígað on þis scip tó ús, and sellað ús eówerne færsceat (fer- (fér- ?), Bl. H. 233, 13)." Hé him andswarode : " Nabbað wé færsceat (fer-, Bl. H. 233, 15), St. A. 6, 22, 24

Linked entries: fær-riht fer-sceat

fǽr-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-spryng, es; m.
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A sudden pustule, ulcer of a rash Wið fleógendum áttre and fǽrspryngum, Lch. iii. 6, 26

Linked entry: spring

fǽr-steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-steorfa, an; m.

Murrain

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Murrain Gif sceáp sý ábrocen, and wið fǽrsteorfan, Lch. iii. 56, 15. Wið swína fǽrsteorfan, 25

fǽr-stice

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-stice, es; m.

A stitch

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A stitch, sudden pain Wið fǽrstice (cf. the refrain of the charm that follows: Út lytel spere, gif hér inne sié), Lch. iii. 52, 11

fær-weg

(n.)
Grammar
fær-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road Andlang þǽre díc tó cnictes ferwege; of þám wege on ealdan stánwege, C. D. B. i. 417, 15. Ondlong heges on færweg, C. D. iii. 213, 1

fám-bláwende

(adj.)
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In 1. 2 read: se légfámbláwenda

fan-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
fan-byrd, e; f.
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Banner-bearing Fanbyrde vexillationis, An. Ox. 1744

Linked entry: byrd

feá-lóg

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fel-cyrf

(n.)
Grammar
fel-cyrf, e; f. ? l. fel-cyrf, es; m.
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fel-nys

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Dele

fen-fixas

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fixas, fen-fisc, es; m.
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A fish living in the water of a fen Ne þicgen hié fenfixas, ne sǽfixas þá þe habbað heard flǽsc, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Substitute:

fen-gemirce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-gemirce, (?), es; n.
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The boundary of marsh-land Þis sint þá fangemerca . . . tó binguuellan æt clibe út on ðone bróc midne, suǽ. . . út on mór . . . þanon andlangæs bróces middesweardes, C. D. B. i. 295, 27

Linked entry: ge-mirce

fen-land

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On þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, Hml. S. 20, 77. Add

fen-þæc

(n.)
Grammar
fen-þæc, es; n.
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Thatch consisting of reeds taken from a fen Mið ðǽm fenðacum palustria arundine (v. Bd. 1, 19: Consumptis domibus quae palustri harundine tegebantur) Txts. 181, 70

Linked entry: þæc

feó-gýtsung

Similar entry: feoh-gítsung

feoh-behát

Linked entry: be-hát

feoh-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gehát, es; n.
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A promise of money Cantware him feoh gehéton (behéton, v. l.). . . and under þám feohgeháte (-beháte, v. l.) se here hiene úp bestæl, Chr. 865; P. 68, 10

Linked entries: ge-hát feoh-behát

feoh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-geréfa, an; m.

A steward ⬩ bailiff

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A steward, bailiff Fehgroefa (fehugeroefa, L.) dispensator, Lk. R. 12, 42

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