feax-wund
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A wound at a place covered by the hair of the head Be feaxwunde. Gif in feaxe bið wund inces lang, geselle ánne sciłł. tó bóte. Gif beforan feaxe bið wund inqes lang, twégen sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 17
feoh-bígenga
A herdsman
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A herdsman For þon þe ic wǽre his ceápes heorde and wǽre his [f]eohbígenga (gregarius), Nar. 18, 27
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feoh-gehát
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A promise of money Cantware him feoh gehéton (behéton, v. l.). . . and under þám feohgeháte (-beháte, v. l.) se here hiene úp bestæl, Chr. 865; P. 68, 10
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feoh-geréfa
A steward ⬩ bailiff
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A steward, bailiff Fehgroefa (fehugeroefa, L.) dispensator, Lk. R. 12, 42
feoh-spéd
Money ⬩ property ⬩ pl. riches ⬩ wealth
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Money, property; pl. riches, wealth Þá gebróðra áhton myccle feohspéda for worulde multas pecunias in hoc mundo possederant, Gr. D. 273, 2
scrúd-feoh
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Money for the purchase of garments Hyra scrúdfeó, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15
hǽðen-feoh
A heathen sacrifice
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A heathen sacrifice, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 31; Jul. 53
ge-feón
To gain
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To gain (v. feoh) Gif middangeard eall gettrióna ł gefeáge si mundum itniversum lucretur, Mt. L. 16, 26
be-feól
fell
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fell,Lk. Bos. 10, 36;
cwic-feoh
Living property, cattle ⬩ vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye
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Living property, cattle ; vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye
feax-cláþ
A head-cloth ⬩ hair-band ⬩ fillet ⬩ fascia crīnālis
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A head-cloth, hair-band, fillet; fascia crīnālis, Cot. 93
feax-feallung
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
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feoh-gód
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
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fere-scæt
Fare ⬩ passage-money
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Fare, passage-money Ferescaet nabalum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 57. Feræscæt, 60, 8. Substitute:
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feax-nǽdel
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
Booty
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Booty Eal ðæt herefeoh forléton prædam amiserunt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 5
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land-feoh
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'A recognitory rent for land,'Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22
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wudu-feoh
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
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
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Róm-feoh
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