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ge-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fére, adj.
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healf-fers

emistichium

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glosses emistichium, Hpt. 31, 10, 203

Linked entry: fers

meter-fers

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Furtunatus sette þás naman ealle tó meterferse, Angl. xi. 2, 35. Eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum meterfers mid his feðere áwríte, viii. 317, 22. Oft þá þeódwitan þus heora meteruersgewurðiað, 332, 15. Hig gewurðiað heora spǽce and heora meterversa

un-feor

Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr. I.
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Ðá wæs þǽr unfeorr (náht feorr, v.l. non longe ] sum mynster, Gr. D. 103, 23. Add

ofer-fére

Similar entry: un-oferfére

feax-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
feax-hár, adj.

Hoary-hairedcŏmam cānam hăbens

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Hoary-haired; cŏmam cānam hăbens Ic wæs feaxhár I was hoary-haired, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 13; Rä. 73, 1

Linked entry: hár

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

feor-weg

(n.)
Grammar
feor-weg, es; m.

A far or long wayvia longinqua

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A far or long way; via longinqua Mín bigengea gewát bryce on feorweg incŏlātus meus prolongātus est, Ps. Th. 119, 5: Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 22; Gú. 228. Drihten asent þeóda ofer éow of feorwegum addūcet Dŏmĭnus sŭper te gentem de longinquo, Deut. 28, 49

ferd-wíte

(n.)

a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army

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a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3

ferd-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
ferd-wyrt, e; f. [ = feld-wyrt?]
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Field-wort? gentian? gentiāna? -Nim ferdwyrt take gentian(?), L, M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 154, 15

fere-soca

(n.)
Grammar
fere-soca, an; m. [ferh a pig, soca? = socc a sock]

A bag made of swine's skinsibæa

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A bag made of swine's skin; sibæa Feresoca sibba, Wrt. Voc. 289, 1

gamol-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gamol-feax, adj.

With hoary locksgrey-hairedcānus

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With hoary locks, grey-haired; cānus Gamolfeax hæleþ a hoary-headed hero, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo. Th. 1220; B. 608

earfoþ-fere

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-fere, adj.

Difficult to pass diffĭcĭlis transĭtu

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Difficult to pass; diffĭcĭlis transĭtu, Scint. 10

loc-feax

(n.)
Grammar
loc-feax, es; n.

Hair

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Hair Ðæs wonges locfeax cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 57

ge-féra

Similar entry: simbel-geféra

blonden-feax

(v.)
Grammar
blonden-feax, part.

Having mixed haircomam mixtam habens

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Having mixed hair; comam mixtam habens, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 7; Gen. 2341: 123; Th. 157, 5; Gen. 2600: Beo. Th. 3586; B. 1791: 5916; B. 2962: 3750; B. 1873: 3193, B. 1594

ge-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fére, adj.

Easy of accessfăcĭlis accessu

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Easy of access; făcĭlis accessu Nis se foldan sceát mongum gefére the tract of earth is not easy of access to many, Exon. 55 b; Th. 198, 3; Ph. 4

Linked entry: -fére

stí-ferh

Similar entry: stig-fearh

þurh-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-fére, adj.

That may be passed through or overpassableperviouspenetrale

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That may be passed through or over, passable, pervious Geat þurhfére porta pervia, Hymn. Surt. 112, 9. The neuter used substantivally translates penetrale : -- On þurhférun in penetralibus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 26

Linked entry: þurh-fær

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far offat no great distance offno great distance

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Not far off. marking position, at no great distance off, Grammar un-feor, where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb Ðǽr wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30.