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fǽr

(n.)

a fever

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a fever

fǽr

(adj.)
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fǽr, adj.
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Dele

fæx

deceit

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deceit. Dele

fals

(n.)
Grammar
fals, es; n.
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Ꝥ deófol his falses tó fela ongemang þǽre heorde ne gesáwe. Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man mǽst falses lufað, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26-29. Buton ǽlcon false, Wlfst. 272, 3. Add

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

fær

Grammar
fær, for.

Similar entry: FOR

fær-

(prefix)

Linked entry: ǽht

fals

(adj.)
Grammar
fals, adj.

False

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False (of weight or coinage) Fals pening (printed flas pennig) (or? fals-pening, cf. Icel. fals-penningr) paracaraximus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 34. Swicollice dǽda and láðlice unlaga áscunige man swýðe; ꝥ is false gewihta and wóge gemeta, Ll. Th. i. 310, 13

fant

a founta font

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Add: a fount Font gurges, An. Ox. 358. a font Heó eóde tó ðám fantfæte, and tólýsde hire feax, and bedýpte on ðám fante, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 17. Hí on fante gefullode wurdon, Hml. S. 2, 90. On þám háligan fante, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 14. Se ængel gehálgode

fæc

Similar entry: hwíl-fæc

fær

Similar entry: geán-fær

drenc-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-fæt, es; n. [fæt a vessel]

A drinking-vessel, cupcalix = κύλιξ

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A drinking-vessel, cup; calix = κύλιξ Gást ýsta oððe storma is dǽl drencfætes heora oððe heora calices spīrĭtus procellārum est pars calĭcis eorum, Ps. Lamb. 10, 7: 15, 5: 22, 5

Linked entry: drync-fæt

hand-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
hand-fæstan, p. -fæste

To pledge by giving the hand,betrothedto betroth by joining handsto strike a bargain by shaking hands, to pledge, betroth

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To pledge by giving the hand, Lye

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, p. -fæste

To fast

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To fast Gefæsta jejunare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 34 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 2; 6, 16

bróm-fæsten

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A place full of broom bushes Bróm-fæsten genescletum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 29. Substitute:

eáster-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-fæsten, es; n.

Easter-fastquadrāgēsĭrna, jejūnium paschāle

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Easter-fast; quadrāgēsĭrna, jejūnium paschāle On fóreweard eáster-fæsten in the beginning of the easter-fast; incĭpiente quadrāgēsĭma, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 37

ól-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ól-fæt, ( = ál-fæt. v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39), es; n.

A cooking vesselcoculum

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A cooking vessel; coculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 41

Linked entry: ál-fæt

fære-sceat

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

Fare-scot, passage-money naulum, prĕtium transĭtus

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Fare-scot, passage-money; naulum, prĕtium transĭtus, Som. Ben. Lye

fæsten-behæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-behæfednes, -ness, e; f.

Parsimony, niggardliness parsĭmōnia

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Parsimony, niggardliness; parsĭmōnia, Cot. 191

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24. Freódóm from ǽghwelcum eorðlecum þeówdómæ