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fær-

(prefix)

Linked entry: ǽht

-fére

(suffix)

A companion

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A companion

Linked entry: ge-fére

fier

(adv.)
Grammar
fier, fierr

farther

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farther

fier

(n.)
Grammar
fier, fierr

distance

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distance

fór

(n.)

a hog

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a hog. Foor, fór porcaster, Txts. 88, 810. Foor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 30. Fór, An. Ox. 20, 4: porca (but the passage glossed is the same as in the preceding), 22, 3. Add

fyr

(adv.)

Similar entry: feor

fær

Similar entry: geán-fær

fers

Similar entry: healf-fers

fearh

(n.)
Grammar
fearh, færh, ferh, es; pl. fearas; m.

A little pig, a FARROW, litter porcellus

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A little pig, a FARROW, litter; porcellus Fearh porcellus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 40. Fearas suilli vel porcelli vel nefrendes, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 35; Wrt. Voc. 22, 76

Linked entries: færh ferh

feax

a bush

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Add: Feax coma, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 36: ii. 22, 56. Wiþ ꝥ ðæt mannes fex (feax, v. l.) fealle, Lch. i. 110, 15. Ꝥ fýr ne fornam ne án hǽr heora feaxes, Hml. S. 30, 465. Fexe, hǽre capillatura, An. Ox. 1214.

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

fearr

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Fear taurus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 5. Et suovetaurili(a) oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, 31, 35: Bl. H. 199, 7. Fearr, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 59. Hwæþer gé sién strengran ðonne leó oððe fearr, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 26.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Geléned feoh vel on borh geseald res credita, i. 20, 70. Álǽned feoh pignus, gylden wed vel feoh arra, forweddad feoh fiducia, 21, 5-8. price paid. Similar entries v. sellan; IV. Feh blódes hit is praetium sanguinis est, Mt. L. 27, 6.

feó-lif

(n.)
Grammar
feó-lif, [feó = feoh?]

Munificencebountymunĭfĭcentia

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Munificence, bounty; munĭfĭcentia, D. Som. Ben. Lye

feára

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
feára, of a few, Beo. Th. 2828; B. 1412. v. feá
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few, feáwa

feorh

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Ðæt hié hié selfe tó feore ne gewundigen ac vulnere mortali se feriunt, Past. 365, 11. Grame tó feore, Hml. S. 7, 242. Tó feore áfyrht, Hml. Th. i. 384, 7. Þæt wíf beswác Naboð tó his feore, 488, 6. Ꝥ wé mótan tó wídan feore his onsýne sceáwian, Bl.

feól

Grammar
feól, fiil, fél, e: feóle, an
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Þæt him féla láf (weapons) frécne ne meahton scúrheard sceððan, B. 1032. Add:

eáþ-fere

Grammar
eáþ-fere, l. -fére
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Cf. earfoþ-fére

fere-soca

Grammar
fere-soca, fere-sóca?
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Feresóca sibba (cf. (?) sigl sibba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 49), Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 1. Substitute:

fen-freoðo

(n.)
Grammar
fen-freoðo, indecl. f.

Fen-asylumăsylum in pălūde

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Fen-asylum; ăsylum in pălūde He in fen-freoðo feorh alegde he laid down his life in his fen-asylum, Beo. Th. 1706; B. 851

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

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Ǽfre to feore, Ps. Th. 118, 165: Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 33; Rä. 41, 65. Áwa to feore, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Lange to feore, Ps. Th. 132, 4. Syððan to feore in æternum, 54, 22: 101, 25: 106, 8.