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cwic-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-feoh, gen. feós; n.

Living property, cattle ⬩ vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye

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Living property, cattle ; vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye

fearn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
fearn-leás, -lés; adj.

Fernless, without fern ⬩ sine fĭlĭce

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Fernless, without fern; sine fĭlĭce, Hem. p. 86

feax-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
feax-cláþ, es; m.

A head-cloth ⬩ hair-band ⬩ fillet ⬩ fascia crīnālis

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A head-cloth, hair-band, fillet; fascia crīnālis, Cot. 93

feax-feallung

(n.)
Grammar
feax-feallung, e; f.

Falling off ⬩ loss of the hair ⬩ the mange ⬩ crīnium amissio ⬩ alōpĕcia ⬩ άλωπεκία

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Falling off; or loss of the hair, the mange; crīnium amissio, alōpĕcia = άλωπεκία Feaxfeallung alōpĕcia, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 56; Wrt. Voc. 19, 58

Linked entry: feallung

feoh-gód

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gód, es; n.

cattle

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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll. Th

Linked entry: gód

ge-fédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fédan, ðú -fédst; p. -fédde; pp. -féded, -fédd, -féd

To feed ⬩ nourish ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ enutrīre

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To feed, nourish; pascĕre, enutrīre Ðú gefédst me enutries me, Ps. Lamb. 30, 4. Ic eom geféd pascor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 44. MS. D

here-féða

(n.)
Grammar
here-féða, an; m.

A martial band,

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A martial band, Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 1; Cri. 1013

feld-ciric

(n.)
Grammar
feld-ciric, e; f. -circe, an; f.

A field-church ⬩ country church ⬩ campestris ecclēsia

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A field-church, country church; campestris ecclēsia Feldcirice griþbryce is, ðǽr legerstów ne sig, mid þrittigum scillingum the 'grith-bryce' of a field-church, where there is no burial-place, is thirty shillings, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21. Æt feld-circan

feld-hús

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hús, es; n.

A field-house ⬩ tent ⬩ tentōrium ⬩ tabernācŭlum

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A field-house, tent; tentōrium, tabernācŭlum Feld-húsa mǽst greatest of tents, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 3; Exod. 85. Brǽddon æfter beorgum flotan feldhúsum the sailors spread [themselves] amongst the hills with their tents, 148; Th. 186, 3; Exod. 133: Cd. 154

fere-scæt

(n.)
Grammar
fere-scæt, fere-sceat[t], es; m.

Fare ⬩ passage-money

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Fare, passage-money Ferescaet nabalum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 57. Feræscæt, 60, 8. Substitute:

Linked entry: fære-sceat

feax-nǽdel

(n.)
Grammar
feax-nǽdel, e; f.

A hair-needle ⬩ curling-iron ⬩ crisping-pin ⬩ călămistrum ⬩ ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta

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A hair-needle, curling-iron, crisping-pin; călămistrum, ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta Feaxnǽdel călămistrum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 101; Wrt. Voc. 17, 4

here-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
here-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Booty

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Booty Eal ðæt herefeoh forléton prædam amiserunt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 5

Linked entry: feoh

land-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
land-feoh, gen. -feós; n.
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'A recognitory rent for land,'Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22

Linked entry: wudu-feoh

wudu-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-feoh, gen.-feós; n.

A wood-tax ⬩ tax on forests

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A wood-tax, tax on forests Wudefeoh lucar (vectigal quod ex lucis contrahitur, Du Cange), Lchdm. i. lxiii, 2

fæderen-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

dowry

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Property given by the father to the daughter on her marriage, dowry (cf. quicquid de sede paterna secum attulit, lex alam, 55. v. Grmm. R. A. 429) Fædrenfeoh dos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 80

Linked entry: fæder-feoh

fearn-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-lǽs, gen. -lǽswe; f.
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A fern-pasture; the right to pasture swine in such a pasture Illam terram liberabo a pascua porcorum regis quod nominamus fearnlesuue, C. D. ii. 59, 19. v. Sax. Engl. ii. 87

Linked entry: fearn-edisc

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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Peter's pence. [William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St. Peter that tribute which England pays to this day,' bk. 2, c. 2; but in the earlier and similar

forþ-feran

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

forfang-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
forfang-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property; merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur Gyf hit ðonne elles on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón if otherwise it be found in a hiding-place, the reward for rescuing

meld-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
meld-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Fee paid for giving information

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Fee paid for giving information Se ðe hit (forstolen flǽsc) ofspyraþ, hé áh ðæt meldfeoh, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 4. v. Grmm. R. A. 656