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fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Add: of human beings. a parent Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ his ful leóf fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn þe unblíþran ne sýn, Bl. H. 131, 24. Þæs fæder and þǽre módor mægen, 163, 25. Hwæðer þára twégra dyde þæs fæder (fadres, L., fæderes, R

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER păter

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A FATHER; păter Fæder and módor a father and mother; hic et hæc parens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Som. 12, 48. On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm. Kmbl. 832; Sal. 415, Mid fæder ðínne with thy father, Exon. 12 b; Th, 22, 9; Cri. 349, We bletsiaþ

fæiger

(adj.)
Grammar
fæiger, adj.

Fair, beautifulpulcher

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Fair, beautiful; pulcher Fæigrestan heowes of the most beautiful colour, Bd. 3, 14; Whelc. 199. 34, MS. Cantab

fægr

(adj.)

fair

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fair, Bd. 3, 14, Lye

-fæge

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-fǽge

fæðer

(n.)

a feather

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a feather, Deut. 32, 11

fægn

(adj.)

glad, joyful

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glad, joyful Ic bió fægn I shall be glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 25

fædyr

(n.)

a father

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a father, Mt. Foxe 23, 9

fæted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fæted, fætt; part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented bracteātus

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Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented; bracteātus Ðæt sweord fáh and fæted the sword coloured and ornamented, Beo. Th. 5395; B. 2701. Gesáwon fæted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre they saw the golden cup, the precious drinking vessel, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253

Linked entries: fætt fǽtan

fædera

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Faedra patruus, faedran sunu patruelis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 24, 25. Mínes fæderan fæder patruus meus magnus, i. 52, 14. Harald, Magnus fædera (Sigurð, Harald's father, was stepfather to Olaf, the father of Magnus), Chr. 1049; P. 167, 20. Acsicheles sunum

-fædera

(suffix)
Grammar
-fædera, (-e).

fætere

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Dele

fædera

(n.)
Grammar
fædera, fædra,an ; m.

An uncle, a father's brother patruus

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An uncle, a father's brother; patruus Mín fædera patruus; meus, Wrt. Voc. 52, 13. Bán hire fæderan patrui sui ossa, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 16 : 3, 24; S. 556, 28 : Cd. 90; Th. 114, 7; Gen. 1900. Mínes fæderan þridda fæder my uncle's great grandfather, Wrt

Linked entries: EÁM fædra federa

fǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
fǽgþ, e; f.

Hostility hostīlĭtas

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Hostility; hostīlĭtas On ða fǽgþe in that hostility, Andr. Kmbl. 567; An. 284, = fǽhþ q. v

fætere

(adj.)

light, negligent levis, remissus

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light, negligent; levis, remissus, Som. Ben. Lye

fǽgon

Grammar
fǽgon, v. feón

to rejoice

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to rejoice

fæster-

(prefix)

Similar entry: fæsten-geat

fífta fæder

(n.)
Grammar
fífta fæder, m.

The fifth fatherătăvus

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The fifth father; ătăvus Felix, se pápa wæs his [Gregories] fífta fæder Felix, the pope was his [Gregory's] fifth father, that is — reckoning Gregory's father as the first generation, his fifth father would be his great-grandfather's grandfather, Homl

fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽle, adj.

Faithful, true, dear, good fĭdēlis, constans, cārus, bŏnus

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Faithful, true, dear, good; fĭdēlis, constans, cārus, bŏnus Wes us fǽle freónd be a faithful friend to us, Cd. 130; Th. 165, 1; Gen. 2725: 135; Th. 170, 26; Gen. 2819: Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 15; Gú. 144: Elen. Kmbl. 175; El. 88: Ps. Th. 66, 3: 70, 4: 77

Linked entry: fælsian

fǽle

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