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geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traversepertransīre, peragrāre

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Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa I traversed many foreign lands, Exon. 85 b; Th. 321, 22; Wíd. 50: 84 b; Th. 318, 23; Wíd. 3

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Add: trans. Ꝥ sý fang[e]n ut reprehendatur. An. Ox. 27. 21 to take, catch Hwæt féhst þú on sǽ? . . . wilt þú fón sumne hwæl?. Coll. M. 24, 7, 15. Swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil. H. 46, 11. Hý fóð þá wildan hránas mid, Ors. 1; S. 18, 12. Þonne

fird-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
fird-strǽt, e; f.

high road

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A military road, high road Úp tó cynges ferd-strǽte, C. D. iii. 174, 8. Andlang bróces on ðá fyrdstrǽt, 443, 5

Linked entry: here-strǽt

FEOHAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHAN, feón; part. feónde; p. feah, pl. fǽgon; pp. fegen

To rejoicebe gladexultgaudērelætāriexultāre

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To rejoice, be glad, exult; gaudēre, lætāri, exultāre Se feónde [MS. feond] gespearn fleótende hreáw the exulting [raven] perched on the floating corpses, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447

Linked entry: feón

eorþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-fæst, -fest; adj.

Earth-fast, fixed in the earthin terra firmus

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Earth-fast, fixed in the earth; in terra firmus To ánum [MS. ane] eorþfestum treówe to a tree firm in the earth. Th. Anlct. 122, 10

bi-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To infold, involve, inwrap, cover, overwhelmimplicare, involvere, circumdare

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To infold, involve, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, circumdare,Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 14; Cri. 117

feorh

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Ic cweþe tó eów ꝥ gé ne sorgige eówrum fere (animae) hwæt gé etan . . . ah nis máre ꝥ ferh (anima) þonne se mete?, Mt. R. 6, 25. On earfoþum þǽr wé úres feores ne wénaþ, Bl. H. 51, 28. Nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore, Bt. 39, 11

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

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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: Ic wiht (bellows) geseah . . . þegn folgade . . . and micel hæfde geféred þǽr hit felde (when he made the swollen bellows subside ?), Ra. 38, 4. fig. to be a stumbling-block to Gif honde þíne fælleþ þec, Mt.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan

tó-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-feallan, p. -feóll; pp. -feallen

To fall to pieces,fall away,collapse,fall down

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Him ða lima calic tófeóllan all his limbs fell off, Shrn. 62, 3. Scullen stanwalles biuoren him tofallen, Laym. 18867. Alls þatt temmple oferr hemm all tofelle, Orm. 16185.

Linked entries: tó-dreósan tó-fillan

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Add: of a body that can move freely Sum sceal on holte of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan, . . . hé fealleð on foldan, Vy. 21-26. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle, Gen. 306. Teáras feóllon, El. 1134. Feall nú ádún (mitte te deorsum,

feó

(n.)
Grammar
feó, for or with cattle or money,
  • Cd. 126
  • ;
  • Th. 161, 2
  • ;
  • Gen. 2659: Beo. Th. 2765
  • ;
  • B. 1380
  • ;
dat.
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and instr. of feoh

fet

(v.)
Grammar
fet, fetches, brings,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 61
  • ;
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3rd sing. pres. of fetian

feger

(adj.)
Grammar
feger, fegr

fairpulcher

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fair; pulcher, Solil. præf

féncg

(v.)
Grammar
féncg, = féng took; p. of fón, q. v.

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fǽgon

Grammar
fǽgon, v. feón

to rejoice

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to rejoice

ge-fecgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fecgan, p. -feah

To seizearrĭpĕre

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To seize; arrĭpĕre He wolde ðæs beornes beágas gefecgan he would seize the chieftains gems, Byrht. Th. 136, 33; By. 160

ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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to grasp, clasp Hé fótum ymbféhð fýres láfe, Exon. Th. 217, 6; Ph. 276. Heó ymbféng Drihtnes fét, Blickl. Homl. 157, 17. Ymbféng obuncat (moecham, quam manus tollentis obuncat, Ald. 164), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 39. Ymbeféng, Beo. Th. 5376; B. 2691. to encompass

firra

(adj.)
Grammar
firra, v. feor, adj.

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feá

(adv.)
Grammar
feá, adv.
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