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líf-fæst

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Add: having life, quickened, Vy. 6 (in Dict.) life-giving Þá lýffæstan gerýnu ( the eucharistic elements'), Hml. S. 23 b, 625. settled in respect to domicile Ic wille ǽrist mé siolfne Gode forgeofan tó ðére stówe æt Crístes cirican, and mín bearn dér

mis-feng

(n.)
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mis-feng, es ; m.
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A mistake, fault, misdeed Hé ús gegearwað þá heofonlican for ðám eorðlicum . . . gif wé ælmyssan dón willað on úrum lífe, and gif wé dǽdbóte dón willaþ úrra misfenga, Nap. 45

mylen-feld

(n.)
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mylen-feld, m.
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A field where there is a mill Tó mylenfelda, C. D. v. 381, 34

ofer-fæst

(adj.)
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glosses trans-fixus, Lk. p. 11. 13. Cf. ofer; 1

ofer-feng

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In l. 2 substitute oferfengc for oferfenge, and add Oferfengc, dalc legulam, An. Ox. 5126. Oferfeng, 2, 424

pæþ-feld

(n.)
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field across which a path runs (?) Oð þone hagan; andlang hagan oð pæðfeld, C. D. i. 258, 2

Linked entry: feld

rǽd-fæst

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Add: of good counsel Eówer bróðer is snotor and rǽdfæst your brother is a man of counsel (1 Macc. 2, 65), Hml. S. 25, 264: Solil. H. 61, 9. Ælfstán arceƀ wæs swíðe rǽdfast man ǽgðer ge for Gode and for worulde, Chr. 1019 ; P. 154, 19. Leofa þín líf,

sceam-fæst

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Ne lyste þé fægeres wífes and sceamfestes? nonne te delectat uxor pulchra, pudica?, Solil. H. 36, 1. Add

scúr-fáh

(adj.)
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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

sigor-fæst

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Add: as an epithet of men Ne byð nǽfre nǽnig leán þæs sigores búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod. Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
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Transfer last passage under to and add there: steady Cild bið cumlíðe, þancful, staðolfæst, Lch. iii. 192, 8. Staþolfæstes wífes stabilis mulieris, Scint. 226, 3. Staþelfæste tremmincge firmo (scripturarum) fulcimento, An. Ox. 1420

þorf-fæst

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út-fær

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Add: egress from an inclosure Ꝥ man næbbe infær ne útfær bútan leáfe ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus potest intrandi aut exeundi, Chrd. 20, ll: 21, 16. agoing away, departure Hwæt gemǽnað þá þreó útfæru (-faru, v.l.) þe God Abrahame beád þus cweþende

wudu-feoh

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Wudufeoh lucas, pecunia de lucis, Hpt. 31, 12, 255. Add

ymb-fær

(n.)
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The second passage should be put under ymb-faru

feoh-gafol

(n.)
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For Nap. 21 l. Chrd. 76, 32

feoh-gestreón

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Þá lufe feohgestreóna amorem pecuniae, Chrd. 76, 34. Add

feoh-leás

(adj.)
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feoh-leás, The word in B. 2441 means
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without wergild, where the slayer did not pay for the slain. Cf. 8. 2465

samod-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
samod-fæst, adj.

Fast joined together

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Fast joined together Sceal onettan, se ðe ágan wile líf æt Meotude, ðenden him leóht and gǽstsomodfæst seón, Exon. Th. 96, 28; Cri. 1581