bi-féng
held, seized ⬩ apprehendit
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held, seized; apprehendit, Exod. 415; Grn. i. 88, 415; Similar entries p. of bi-fón
blonden-feax
Having mixed hair ⬩ comam 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-fége
Fit ⬩ adapted ⬩ aptus
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Fit, adapted; aptus,Grm. i. 735, 5
ge-fére
Easy of access ⬩ făcĭlis 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
six-féte
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Having six feet (of verse) Ðæt syxféte vers, Anglia viii. 335, 13. Mid getelferse ł sixfétum catalectico versu, Hpt. Gl. 409, 21
sundor-feoh
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Private property, private estate:?-Mín sundorfeoh on ðam neoþeran Hysseburnan, Chart. Th. 488, 10
stí-ferh
Similar entry: stig-fearh
twi-féte
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Two-footed Twyféte bipes Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, ii: 49 ; Zup. 287, 20. Sume bíþ twioféte, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 27
Linked entry: twio-féte
þurh-fére
That may be passed through or over ⬩ passable ⬩ pervious ⬩ penetrale
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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
þeód-feónd
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The arch-enemy Se þeódfeónd, Antecrist sylfa, Wulfst. 83, 16. Hé fordéþ ðæne þeódfeónd and on helle grund besenceþ, 86, 20: 85, 19: 54, 20
þiéfe-feoh
Similar entry: þífe-feoh
þífe-feoh
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stolen goods Gif þiéfefeoh (forstolen feoh, MS. H.) mon æt ciépan befó, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 13. [Cf. Icel. þýfi; n. stolen goods.]
Linked entry: þiéfe-feoh
þri-féte
Having three feet
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Having three feet Þryféte tripes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, 12: 49; Zup. 287, 20. Þrieféte rícelsfæt cythropodes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 60
un-feor
Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no 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.
wann-feax
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Dark-haired, with raven-black tresses Wonfeax wale, Exon. Th. 393, 30; Rä. 13, 8
Linked entry: wan-feax
wunden-feax
With plaited mane
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With plaited mane Wicg wundenfeax, Beo. Th. 2804; B. 1400
á-fered
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delusus
and-feax
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Bald Andfeaxe (-fexe, v. l.) weorðaþ ðǽra swýðe manega very many of them shall become bald (cf. Isaiah 3, 17, 24), Wlfst. 46, 1
beód-fers
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Substitute: Grace before meat Be ðám ðe tó late tó beódferse cumað (ad mensam veniunt), R. Ben. 67, 19. Sé þe tó his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9. Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode
cwic-feoh
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Dele