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æt-faran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-faran, p. -fór
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To go away, make off Án fox þone scóh geiæhte and ætfaran (-en, MS.) þóhte. Shrn. 14, 23. Cf. oþ-faran

ar-faran

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Dele: the line cited should read Ge ǽr farað ge eft cumað

and-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
and-feax, adj.
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Bald Andfeaxe (-fexe, v. l.) weorðaþ ðǽra swýðe manega very many of them shall become bald (cf. Isaiah 3, 17, 24), Wlfst. 46, 1

beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; n. (not m.)
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Substitute: Grace before meat Be ðám ðe tó late tó beódferse cumað (ad mensam veniunt), R. Ben. 67, 19. Sé þe tó his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9. Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode

bleó-fág

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Bleófáh uersicolor, An. Ox. 521. On þysne mislecan ymbhwyrft and bleófágan in orbem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 59. Bleófáge multicolora, Germ. 390, 104. Add

drop-fág

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stronius. v. next word

Linked entry: fág

eall-fela

Grammar
eall-fela, -felo. v. eal-fela, -felo
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in Dict

earfoþ-fere

Grammar
earfoþ-fere, l. -fére hard to travel, and for 'Scint. 10'
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substitute Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe yfelne weig and swíðe earfoðférne, Shrn. 187, 12. Cf. eáþ-fére

eax-faru

(n.)
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an expedition in carriages(?) Aexfaru aparatu (perhaps a gloss on Ald. 64, 10 :-- Scythicae gentis impetum, quae cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens. In An. Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186

fám-bláwende

(adj.)
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In 1. 2 read: se légfámbláwenda

fan-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
fan-byrd, e; f.
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Banner-bearing Fanbyrde vexillationis, An. Ox. 1744

Linked entry: byrd

feax-cláþ

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Feaxcláð (printed seax-) fascia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 74. For Cot. 93 substitute

feax-gerǽdian

(v.)
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Dele

feax-sceacga

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Dele

feax-sceacged

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Dele

feax-sceára

Similar entry: sceár

feax-wund

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

fela-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-ǽte, adj.
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Eating much Felaǽte mordax (luscorum more Cyclopum), An. Ox. 23, 15

Linked entry: -ǽte

fela-feald

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Ðeós woruld is gemæncged mid mænigfealdan máne and mid felafealdan fácne, Wlfst. 82, 6. Add

fela-ídelsprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-ídelsprǽce, adj.
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Talking very idly Ðá felaídelsprǽcan (-sprǽcean, v. l.) multiloquio vacantes, Past. 175, 25

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