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fáh-man

(n.)
Grammar
fáh-man, -mon, es; m.

A foeman, an enemy ⬩ inĭmīcus

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A foeman, an enemy; inĭmīcus Gif hie fáhmon [fáhman MS. H.] geierne if a foeman flee to it, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 9

Linked entry: ge-fáhmon

ban-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ban-fáh, -fág; adj. [ban, bana a killer, fág stained]

Death or murder stained ⬩ homicidio pollutus ⬩ lethifer

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Death or murder stained; homicidio pollutus, lethifer, Beo. Th. 1564; B. 780

fág-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
fág-wyrm, es; m.

A basilisk

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A basilisk Ofer nédran and fágwyrm super aspidem et basiliscum, Ps. Srt. 90, 13

sinc-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
sinc-fág, -fáh; adj.

Variegated with costly ornament

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Variegated with costly ornament Ic winde sceal sincfág swelgan, Exon. Th. 395, 29; Rä. 15, 15. Heorot, sincfáge (cf. goldfáh applied to Heorot, 621; B. 308) sel, Beo. Th. 336; B. 167

hring-fáh

Grammar
hring-fáh, For -fégh in l. 2 l. fágh, and add
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Having circular bands of different colours (?. v. hring; <b>VI a</b>) :-- Tonica polimita hringfaag, a rotunditate circulorum, Txts. 100, 984. Hringfaag polimita, 88, 798. Hringfág, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 26

fǽ-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽ-lǽcan, fá-lǽcan; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To be at deadly enmity, to be at feud ⬩ inĭmīcĭtiam capĭtālem mŏvēre

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To be at deadly enmity, to be at feud; inĭmīcĭtiam capĭtālem mŏvēre Gif hwá heora ǽnigne fǽlǽce [fálǽce MS. L.] if any one be at feud with any of them, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10

Linked entry: fá-lǽcan

fám-bláwende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fám-bláwende, def. se -bláwenda; part.

Foam-blowing, emitting foam ⬩ spūmam efflans

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Foam-blowing, emitting foam; spūmam efflans Se légfámbláwenda seáþ and se fúla ðone ðú gesáwe, ðæt wæs helle tintreges múþ pŭteus ille flammĭvŏmus ac pūtĭdus quem vīdisti, ipsum est os gehennæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 12, note, MS. T

ge-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fáh, gefáhmon.

Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud

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Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud Be manslihte ... Gif of þǽre óðre mǽgðe hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum men bútan on þám rihthanddǽdan, sý hé gefáh wið þone cyning and wið ealle his frýnd, Ll. Th. i. 248,

fald-gang-penig

Similar entry: fald-gang

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, Other forms of the prefix are fær, fer: e. g.
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faer-tyhted, Txts. 51, 483: fær-réd (fer-), 89, 1635: fer-uuaenid, for-uuened, 70, 548: fær-hæfdnes (for-). Past. 41, 14: fær-wyrd (for-), 133, 20: fer-ðrycednis, Ps. Srt. 31, 7

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Add: glad. absolute Faegen conpos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 73. Fægen voti compos, 124, 11. with cause of gladness given, in genitive Hilarius nine underféng, fagen his cymes, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 19. Fægen (fagen, v. l.) his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.

FÆGEN

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆGEN, fægn; comp. fægenra; sup. fægnost; adj.

FAIN, glad, joyful, rejoicing, elate ⬩ lætus, gaudens, hĭlăris, elātus

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FAIN, glad, joyful, rejoicing, elate; lætus, gaudens, hĭlăris, elātus Fægen fylle joyful in slaughter, Exon. 96 a; Th. 357, 27; Pa. 35. Wíta ne sceal tó fægen the sagacious must not be too elate, 77 b; Th. 290, 20; Wand. 68 : Cd. 100; Th. 131, 26; Gen

án-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
án-fáh, adj.

Of one colour ⬩ unicolor

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Of one colour; unicolor

dreór-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-fáh, adj.

Stained with gore ⬩ cruentātus

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Stained with gore; cruentātus, Beo. Th. 974; B. 485

hring-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hring-fáh, adj.
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Of many colours, diversified with circular spots of colour [?] Hringfégh oculata, vel polimita Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 29; Wrt. Voc. 26, 28. Hét wircean him hringfáge tunecan fecit ei tunicam polymitam, Gen. 37, 3

Linked entry: hring-wíse

hweól-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
hweól-fág, adj.
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Circular and ornamented [applied to a dress] Hwiólfág cyclas, Cot. 49, Lye

Linked entry: fág

nearu-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu-fáh, adj.

Disastrously hostile ⬩ bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits

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Disastrously hostile, bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges níð, him se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4623; B. 2317

reád-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
reád-fáh, adj.
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Red-stained, having patches of red colour Wág reádfáh, Exon. Th. 476, 19; Ruin. 10

un-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fáh, adj.

Not regarded as a foe

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Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned Gif hwá heonanforð ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fǽhðe ... Gif hine seó mǽgð forlǽte ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó

Linked entries: un-fǽhð fáh

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