wann-fáh
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Dark-hued Wonfáh wale, Exon. Th. 435, II; Rä. 53, 6
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wyrm-fáh
Having serpentine ornamentation
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Having serpentine ornamentation Ðæt sweord wreoþenhilt and wyrmfáh, Beo. Th. 3400; B. 1697
ge-fáh
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Substitute: <b>ge-fáh;</b> adj. 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
hweól-fág
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For second line substitute Hwiólfáge cyclade. Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 33
scúr-fáh
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Stormy, tempestuous Scúrfáh winter, Angl. xi. 369, 4, 15.] [adj
Linked entry: fáh
searu-fáh
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Add: cf. searu-hwít
wæl-fáh
Deadly hostile
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Deadly hostile (?) Wælfágne winter (winter when the earth seems dead). Beo. Th. 2260; B. 1128
brún-fág
coloured, dyed ⬩ Of a brown colour, brown-hued ⬩ fulvi coloris
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[brown, fág coloured, dyed] Of a brown colour, brown-hued; fulvi coloris Ætbær brúnfágne helm he bore away the brown-hued helmet, Beo. Th. 5223; B. 2615
hasu-fág
Grey-coloured
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Grey-coloured Hrægl is mín hasofág my raiment is grey, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 23; Rä. 12, 1
spec-fáh
Speckled ⬩ spotted ⬩ full of spots
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Speckled, spotted, full of spots Specfaag maculosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 25
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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¶ an instance of a person receiving and responding to a summons to the fird is given in the following: Gelamp emb þá tíd þæt man beónn ealle Cantware tó wígge tó Holme, pá nolde Sigelm tó wígge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágefnum. . .
færan
to go ⬩ īre
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to go; īre Ic fære eo, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 67
fǽtt
Fat
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Fat Fífte wæs gyfe pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs geseald se fǽt and geþang, Sal. K. p. 180, 12
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ge-wife
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 60,
ge-wyrd
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Add:; es; n. Conditio, i. status, natura, sors, regula, lex gescæp, gewyrd, gescæft, gebyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 62. [ In view of the Latin words (regula, lex) in this gloss perhaps the passage Men. 66, given in Dict. under below.] fortune Gewyrdes fortunae
fǽran
to terrify
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Add: to terrify Ðæt hé swá egesige ðá ofermódan ðæt hé ðá eáðmódan tó swíðe ne fǽre (ut timidis non augeatur metus), Past. 453, 19. [v. N. E. D. fear, vb.] to take by surprise, seize quickly (?) Uulfes férende lupi rapaces, Mt. L. 7, 15
fearh
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Faerh porcellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 61. Fearh, 68, 31. Add:
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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cf. faran; I. 3; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, v. wǽg wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim.
sige
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ge-fæstan
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Add: in a general sense, to abstain from food Mið ðý gefæste cum jejunasset, Mt. L. 4, 2. Gefaested macilentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 70. Gefæsted, 55, 59. to fast as discipline, absolute Mið ðý gié gefæstas cum jejunatis, Mt. L. 6, 16. Gefæstað jejunabunt