wæl-fǽhþ
Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying
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Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying Hé wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum
slege-fǽge
Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword
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Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword Slegefǽge hæleþ (the Assyrians before their defeat) Judth. Thw. 25, 7; Jud. 247
hind-fald
A hind-fold.
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A hind-fold. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 112, 33
fácen-leás
Without deceit, simple, innocent ⬩ simplex
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Without deceit, simple, innocent; simplex, Som. Ben. Lye
fæðm-líc
Bending, winding ⬩ sĭnuōsus
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Bending, winding; sĭnuōsus, Cot. 202
fareþ-lácende
Sailing ⬩ nāvĭgans
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Sailing; nāvĭgans Fareþlácendum nāvĭgantĭbus, Exon. 96 b; Th. 360, 14; Wal. 5
feoh-fang
Fee-taking ⬩ taking a bribe ⬩ pĕcūniæ acceptio
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Fee-taking, taking a bribe; pĕcūniæ acceptio For feohfange for bribery, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 8
lang-fǽre
Lasting ⬩ enduring ⬩ old
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Lasting, enduring, old Nánwuht nis langfǽres on ðís andweardan lífe there is nothing lasting in this present life, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 6. On langfǽre ylde bet hé déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene
Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre
for-fang
ge-fǽtan
To pack up ⬩ convasare
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To pack up; convasare Ðæt gold hí gefætaþ on ða myran the gold they pack on the mares, Nar. 35, 12
Linked entry: fǽtan
stód-fald
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An enclosure for a stud of horses Tó ðam aldan stódfalde ; and ðonne fram ðam stódfalde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 21. Of ðam wylle on ðone stódfald ; of ðam stódfalde, vi. 213, 21. Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8
tíd-fara
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A traveller the time of whose journey is come (?), or one who journeys for a (short) time (?) Nú ðú ( the blessed soul immediately after death ) móst féran ðider ðú fundadest . . . eart nú tídfara tó ðam hálgan hám, Exon. Th. 102, 18; Cri. 1674
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
un-fǽle
Evil ⬩ ill ⬩ bad
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Evil, ill, bad Unfǽle (printed -sǽle), gemáh improbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 16. applied to living objects Hí wéndon ðæt hit unfǽle gást (phantasma) wǽre, Mk. Skt. 6, 49. Satiri vel fauni vel selini vel fauni ficarii unfǽle men, wudewásan, unfǽle wihtu,
fácen-geswipere
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Dele
fácen-líce
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Fácenlíce fraudulenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 14: astute, Wülck. Gl. 242, 21. Hý þenceað swíðe fácenlíce (faecen-, Ps. Srt.) dolose cogitabant, Ps. Th. 34, 20: 35, 2. Sum fǽmne hí fácenlíce híwode sárlíce seóce, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 5. Add
fære-sceat
Similar entry: fere-scæt
feoh-fang
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Substitute: taking money as a bribe. Similar entries v. feoh; II. 4. Sé þe undóm gedéme for feohfange (-fancge, v. l.), beó hé wið þone cyningc .cxx. sciłł. scyldig, Ll. Th. i. 384, 10. the fine inflicted for bribery, the right to receive such fines