fearn
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Fearn (feran, Erf.) filix, Txts. 62, 420. Filix, fearn cujus radix utilis est ad soluendam difficultatem pariendi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 35. Filicumque and fearnes oðða fearna, 37, 48. Wiþ þeóhece, smíce mid fearne swíþe þá þeóh, Lch. ii. 64, 26. Add:
feng
a taking ⬩ embrace ⬩ game ⬩ capture ⬩ seizure
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Add: a taking Faengae, fenge pro captu, Txts. 82, 727. a taking hold by way of greeting, embrace: On fænge (fenge, 102, 61) ge on clyppe, Angl. xi. 99, 76. a taking of fish, game, &c.: Feng fisca captura piscium, Lk. p. 4, 17. In feng ðǽra fiscana
FEARR
a bull, an ox ⬩ taurus, bos ⬩ the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac ⬩ taurus
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a bull, an ox; taurus, bos Fearr taurus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 30. He geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre he made an image of a bull with brass, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 29. Fearras fætte ofsettun oððe ymbsǽton me tauri pingues obsēdērunt me, Ps. Lamb
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feoht
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Hé gehýrde þæs feohtes hreám, Hml. S. 25, 422. Eall úre folc mid fleáme ætwand, búton wé feówertig þe on ðám feohte stódon, 11, 74. Cynig farende tó gesettanne feht rex iturus committere bellum, Lk. L. 14, 31. Add
FEÐER
FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus
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a FEATHER; penna, plūma Mid níre [ = niwre] feðere with a new feather, Herb. 122, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 13: L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 8. Gedó feðere on ele put a feather in oil, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 11. Swanes feðre, nom. pl. swan's feathers
feld
plain ⬩ field
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Geond þæs muntes feld mid þý feó oferbrǽded, 199, 3. On middum úrum wintra beóð hyra (the Egyptians') feldas mid wyrtum blówende, Lch. iii. 252, 21. Feltha saltuum, Wrt.
feorht
Honest ⬩ honourable
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Honest, honourable Ferht (ferth, fert) probus, Txts. 89, 1639
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feóll
- Beo. Th. 5830 ;
- B. 2919 ;
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of feallan
FELD
FIELD ⬩ pasture ⬩ plain ⬩ an open country ⬩ campus ⬩ campestria
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FIELD, pasture, plain, an open country; campus, campestria Se æðela feld wrídaþ under wolcnum the noble field flourishes under the skies, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 16; Ph. 26. Feld campus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 48. Weaxaþ hraðe feldes blóstman the flowers of the
felg
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Felge, faelge canti, Txts. 54, 292. Felga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 18: 16, 1: 128, 15. Felg, i. 284, 48. Felgan, 66, 5. Add:
felo-ferþ
a breast ⬩ stomach ⬩ maw
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a breast, stomach, maw of an animal Feleferð centumpellia ( = ? centipellio the second maw of ruminating animals), Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 4: centumpellis, ii. 22, 64: centumcilio, i. pellis vel centumpellis, 130, 44. Felofearth, felufrech, feoluferð torax,
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feónd
an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil
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Se feónd swá þeáh his diórlingas duguðum stépte, Met. 15, 7. Se feónd (the raven; cf. hrefen . . . wælfel, El. 53) gespearn fleótende hreáw, Gen. 1447. Nelle ic þyssum fýnd leng árian, Bl.
FETER
A FETTER ⬩ chain for the feet ⬩ compes ⬩ pĕdĭca
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A FETTER, chain for the feet; compes, pĕdĭca He fédeþ swá on feterum he feeds him thus in fetters, Exon. 88b; Th. 332, 30; Vy. 88: Ps. Th. 78, 11. Án sceal inbindan forstes fetre one shall unbind fetters of frost, Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 9; Gn. Ex. 76. Ic
bend-feorm
A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn ⬩ a harvest-feast ⬩ firma ad congregandas segetes ⬩ firma messis
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A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn, a harvest-feast; firma ad congregandas segetes, firma messis On sumere þeóde gebyreþ bend-feorm [bén-feorm] for rípe in some one province a harvest-feast is due for reaping the corn L. R.
cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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Ðe cyninges feorm to belimpe to which the royal purveyance belongs, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 24
feorg-gedál
Life-separation ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ divortium ⬩ mors
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Life-separation, death; vītæ divortium, mors Siððan líc and leomu and ðes lífes gǽst asundrien somwíst hyra þurh feorg-gedál when body and limbs and this life's spirit sunder their fellowship through death, Exon. 50 a; Th. 172, 29; Gú. 1151
feoh-gítsung
Avarice ⬩ covetousness ⬩ miserliness
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For feohgýtsunge (feó-, feágítsunge, v. ll.) forleósan amore pecuniae perdere, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 12
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efen-fela
So many, as many ⬩ tŏtĭdem, tot
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Hilde abbudisse efen-feola wintra in munuclífe Drihtne gehálgode Hild abbatissa tŏtĭdem annos in Monastĭca vīta Dŏmĭno consecrāvit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 592, 42
be-feón
To deprive of property ⬩ to confiscate
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To deprive of property (feoh), to confiscate Ꝥ hé wǽre benǽmed, befeód (-fiód, Hpt. Gl. 480, 53) infiscaretur, i. fraudaretur, An. Ox. 3157
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feoh-gehát
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A promise of money Cantware him feoh gehéton (behéton, v. l.). . . and under þám feohgeháte (-beháte, v. l.) se here hiene úp bestæl, Chr. 865; P. 68, 10
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