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fíf

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Add: adjectival. uninflected Fíf géra fæc quinquennium, An. Ox. 3035: B. 545. Nam hé fíf stánas, Bl. H. 31, 17. with pronoun or indefinite numeral: Þá fíf dysegan, Mt. 25, 3. Wé onféngon þá hálgan fíf seonoþas, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 5. as part of an

fin

(n.)

a fin

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a fin. Finnum squamis the word occurs in a riddle on the cuttle-fish (loligo), Aid. 251, 281, An. Ox. 26, 10. Add

fina

Grammar
fina, l. fína,
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Fína marsopicus (pína marpicus ], Txts. 78, 648. Fína vel higrae picus, 88, 808: sturfus, 99, 1938: marsopicus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 49: Hpt 33, 240, 41. Tó fínan mǽdwum, C. D. iii. 386, I. and add

firl

(n.)
Grammar
firl, firlu (?); f.

Distance

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Distance Ne þincð ús hwílum se móna þe brádder pe án scyld for þǽre firle, Solil. H. 66, 32. Se ylca þorn efne swá swá strǽl of bogan ástelleþ, swá hé of þám man áfleáh, and on þá fyrle gewát, Guth. 68, 23

fág

Similar entry: hweól-fág

faru

Grammar
faru, <b>; IV.</b>
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dele, and see ealfara

feax

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Fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe pro diuersa capillorum specie, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 20. Add

fela

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fela, <b>;
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III 6.</b> add Ic ne dorste geðrístlǽcan þára mínra áwuht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21

fen

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Add Gyrwe fen palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. Ic gean ꝥ fen þe þurlác mé sealde ... ic gean ... án þúsend werð fen ... ꝥ healfe þúsend fen, C.D. iv. 59, 16-23

féran

Grammar
féran, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Add On weg féran to travel, Lch. ii. 330, 9. add : Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 23

FREÓ

(adj.)
Grammar
FREÓ, frió, freoh, frioh, frig, frí, frý; adj.

FREEhaving liberty or immunitynoblegladjoyfullībersui jūrisingĕnuusnōbĭlislætus

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Gif he mǽgburg hæbbe freó if he have a free kindred, L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 19. Ðǽr freó, móton eard weardigan where free, they might inhabit a country, Andr. Kmbl. 1196; An. 598.

fram-a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-a-teón, p. -ateáh, pl. -atugon; pp. -atogen

To draw away fromabstrăhĕreextrăhĕre

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To draw away from; abstrăhĕre, extrăhĕre Framatuge extraxisti, Ps. Vos. 21, 8. Framatogen detractus, ablātus, Cot. 69

ge-fá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fá, [ = ge-faa], án; m. [fáh a foe]

A foean enemyinimicusadversarius

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A foe, an enemy; inimicus, adversarius Gif se man [MS. mon] his gefán wite if the man know his foe, L. Alf. pol, 42; Th. i. 90, 2, 4, 14. Ðá métte hine his eald-gefána sum, and hine ofstang then one of his old foes met him, and stabbed [killed] him,

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fá-lǽcan

(v.)

to be at deadly enmity, to be at feud

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to be at deadly enmity, to be at feud, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10, MS. L

Fíf burhga

(n.)
Grammar
Fíf burhga, or burga; pl. f.

The Five townsquinque cīvĭtātes

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The Five towns, viz. Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Stamford, and Derby; quinque cīvĭtātes On fíf burhga geþincþe in the assembly of the Five towns, L. Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 6. Ferde se æðeling ðanon in to fíf burgum [burhgum, Th. 276, 7, col. 2]

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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a band on foot, infantry, a host, troop, tribe, company; phălanx pĕdestris, pĕdites, lĕgio, ăcies, trĭbus, căterva Eórod sceal getrume rídan, fæste féða stondan a band of horse [ = cavalry] shall ride in a body, a band of foot [ = infantry] stand fast

Linked entry: féðu

feðra

(n.)
Grammar
feðra, feðre feathers, wings,
  • Exon. 57b
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  • Th. 207, 6
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  • Ph. 137: 58b
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  • Th. 212, 5
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  • Ph. 205: 77a
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  • Th. 289, 13; Wand. 47
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nom. acc. pl.
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of feðer

fen-ýce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ýce, an; f. [ýce a frog]

A fen-frogpălūdis rāna

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A fen-frog; pălūdis rāna Me is fenýce fóre hreþre a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its course, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9; Rä. 41, 71

Linked entries: fænucæ faerucae

fen-lic

mirymuddydirty

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Se Hǽlend hí (the disciples) áðwóh fram fenlicere fúlnysse (from muddy impurity), 242, 30. Add: