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gold-fell

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Goldfel bratheas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 15. Add

hundseofontigseofon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundseofontigseofon-feald, adj.
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Seventy-and-sevenfold Seofon-feald wracu bið gesealde for Cain and hundseofontigseofonfeald (septuagies septies) for Lamech, Gen. 4, 24

hundteóntig-feald

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Add: — Hunteóntifealdes centene (frugis). An. Ox. 950

twéntig-feald

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Týnfealdum oððe twéntifealdum deni aut viceni, R. Ben. I. 54, 15. Add

twi-feald

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Add Mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twifealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte, Ors. 5, 13; S. 248, 2. Add Þám móde þæs gehýrendan becymeþ twifeald (twig-, v.l.) fultum (duplex adjutorium ) ... hit byþ oærned ... hit byð geeádmódod, Gr. D. 8, 16

Linked entry: twifealdness

þúsend-feald

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In the first passage þúsendfealdgetæl should be read, as after þæt the declension would be definite and the form would be þúsendfealde. Cf. hundfeald-getel. Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15

manig-feald

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add: — Eów tíhþ swíþe manigfeald gedwola (multiplex error), Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 90, 8. Eárhringas of mænigfealdan gimcyinne geworhte, Nar. 26, 32. Þæne mænifealdan cræft multiformem machinam, An. Ox. 119. Mislicu wítu and manigfeald earfoþu carcer, lex, ceteraque

twéntig-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig-feald, adj.

Twenty-fold

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Twenty-fold Twéntigfeald getel vicenarius, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 285, 3. Twéntigfealde uiceni, 5; Zup. 13, 15

six-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
six-feald, adj.

Six-fold

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Six-fold Sixfeald exagonum, sixfealdum leóþcræfte exametro heroico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 46, 47. Siexfealdre anlícnesse sena paradigmata, 89, 39

sixtig-feald

(num.; adj.)

sixty-fold

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sixty-fold.Mt. Kmbl. 13, 8, 23

gold-fell

(n.)
Grammar
gold-fell, es; n.
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Gold skin, gold leaf; bractea, Cot. 24, Lye

Linked entry: gold-fyll

ge-féle

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-féle, adj.

Sensitive

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Sensitive Wiþ þǽre gefélan heardnesse þǽre lifre, Lch. ii. 160, 28: 206, 13. On þám monnum þe habbaþ swíðe gefélne magan, 176, 8

Linked entry: -féle

fere-soca

Grammar
fere-soca, fere-sóca?
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Feresóca sibba (cf. (?) sigl sibba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 49), Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 1. Substitute:

gomel-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gomel-feax, gomol-feax, gamol-feax; adj.
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomelfeax gnornaþ the hoary-locked grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92

Linked entries: gamol-feax gomol-feax

eáþ-fere

Grammar
eáþ-fere, l. -fére
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easy to travel. Cf. earfoþ-fére

feówer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-féte, fiówer-féte, fiér-féte, fiðer-féte, fyðer-féte, -fóte, -fótte; adj.

Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Se ælmihtiga God eallum mancinne forgeaf ða feówerfétan deór the almighty God gave to all mankind the four-footed beasts, Ælfc. T. 8, 26. Ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án one of each kind of four-footed cattle, Ors. 2, 4; Bos.

Linked entries: feðer-fóte fiér-féte fiówer-féte fiðer-féte fyðer-féte

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Fela árison mid Críste ðe wǽron ánfealde men, ðeáh ðe Críst God sý, Hml. Th. i. 226, 5. simple, plain, of persons Da bilwitan ánfealdan simplices, Past. 237, 14. Mid ðǽm bilwitum and mid ðǽm ánfealdum cum simplicibus, 243, 17.

æ-felle

Grammar
æ-felle, a-felle. l. ǽ-felle.

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FEALDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALDAN, ic fealde, ðú fealdest, fylst, he fealdeþ, fylt, pl. fealdaþ; p. feóld, pl. feóldon; pp. fealden [feald a fold]

FOLD up, wrap ⬩ plĭcāre

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To FOLD up, wrap; plĭcāre Gód scipstýra hǽtfealdan ðæt segl a good pilot gives order to furl the sail, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 14. Ic fealde plĭco; ic feóld plĭcui vel plĭcāvi, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 50. He feóld his fét uppan his bedd collēgit pĕdes suos

feor-land

(n.)
Grammar
feor-land, -lond.
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Geácsode se foresprecena wræcca on feorlandum þæs hálgan weres forðfóre, Guth. 94, 2. Add:

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