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be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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Add: to fall, literal Hé on þone pytt befylð in foveam incidit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. to get into:-- Se deófol befylð intó Antecrístes móder innoðe, Wlfst. 193, 16. Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201,

æ-felle

(adj.)
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æ-felle, a-felle; adj. [æ, fell a skin]

Barkedpeeledskinneddecorticatum

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Barked, peeled, skinned; decorticatum, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 34; Wrt. Voc. 61, 14

Linked entry: a-felle

be-felan

(v.)
Grammar
be-felan, -feolan; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -feolen, -folen

To commitcommenddeliverassignallotcommitterecommendaretradere

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To commit, commend, deliver, assign, allot; committere, commendare, tradere,Leo 140

Linked entries: be-feolan be-folen

be-feóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-feóld, p. of be-fealdan.

folded

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folded,Lk. Bos. 4, 20;

efer-fearn

fĭlix arbŏrātĭca

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fĭlix arbŏrātĭca, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 14; Wrt. Voc. 31, 25

feolu-fór

(n.)
Grammar
feolu-fór, e; f?

A field-fareturdus pĭlāris?torax?

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A field-fare; turdus pĭlāris?-Feolufór torax? Wrt. Voc. 289, 17

Linked entry: feala-fór

æt-feallan

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Add: lit. to fall, drop from Þám cwellere ætfeóll his gold, Hml. S. 12, 216. fig to fall away, diminution Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll. Th. i. 150, 18. deterioration Ꝥ geleáfa swá earmlíce ætfeallan sceolde

á-feallan

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Add: of movement, of that which has been standing, involuntary, to fall down, tumble down Assael hrædlíce áfeóll Asael protinus occumbit , Past. 296, 16. Hé mid þý horse áfeóll, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 5. Hé áfeóll ofdúneweard, Gr. D. 24, 25. Þá englas þe

fearn-bed

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Fearnbed filiscetum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 50: 148, 53 (gearn-, MS.). Andlang weges oꝥ hit cymꝥ tó fearnbedde, C.D.B. ii. 386, 13. For 'R. 85, Lye' substitute

feolu-fór

Grammar
feolu-fór, l. -for,

Similar entry: felofor

fíf-fealde

Similar entry: fífalde

geond-felan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>geond-feólan;</b> pp. geond-fólen To permeate, fill throughout Þæt wítehus . . . deóp, dreáma leás . . . geondfólen fýre, réce and reáde lége a dungeon horrible on all sides round as one great furnace flamed, Gen. 43

ge-feáge

Similar entry: ge-feógan

ge-félan

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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man ꝥ swýn geseón, and swá þéh hí hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.) Ðá gefélde hé ꝥ se deáda man his

gylden-feaxa

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>gylden-feax, gylden-feaxe;</b> adj. Golden-haired Gyldenfeaxa auricomus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 39

ofer-feallan

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tó-feallan

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Hí wurdon gelǽdde tó þǽre láðan anlícnysse, ac heó tófeól sóna tó heora fótum formolsnod, Hml. S. 2, 374. Þysre burge getimbrunga syndon mid gelómlicum hryrum tófeallene aedificia urbis ruinis crebrescentibus prosternuntur, Gr. D. 134, 12. Add

æt-feallan

Grammar
æt-feallan, <b>; II.</b> I a. for 'diminution' substitute 'loss'.

gylden-feaxa

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden-feaxa, adj.

Having golden hairauricomus

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Having golden hair; auricomus, Cot. 11, Lye

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy Hit hreás underbæc and forneán offeóll ða ðe hit ǽr forcurfan the tree fell backwards, and by its fall very nearly killed those who before were cutting it down, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 2. Sigferþ cyning hine offeóll