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fáh

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exposed to the vengeance of a slain man's kin because of the murder Gif fáh mon (gefáh mon, v. l.) cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum nán mon út ne teó if a criminal fly for refuge to a church, for seven days no one shall drag him out, Ll. Th. i. 64

fala

many

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many

Linked entry: fealo

fala

(n.)
Grammar
fala, (?)

a plank

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a plank Fala tabula, Ep. Gl. 27 A, 11

fám

foam

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Add: Leásung vel faam famfaluca, Txts. 62, 426. Fám, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. Fám, hwastas molles, 55, 72. foam of living creatures Mid fámæ cum spuma, Lk. L. 9, 39. Dó þǽrtó báres fám, Lch. i. 360, 1. foam, froth of boiling liquid Dó on pannan, wyl swíðe

Linked entry: fámwæstas

féla

(v.)
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B. 1032

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Add: mud, mire, dirt Fennes coeni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 7. Fenne luto, An. Ox. 2, 435: Past. 277, 10. Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22. Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan

-fére

(suffix)

A companion

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A companion

Linked entry: ge-fére

fers

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Add: a verse of poetry Engla sum . . . þás vers him mid gyldenum stafum áwritene on þám handum betǽhte . . . þǽra versa anginne þe benyðan þám forman verse stant, healfe þá vers gebyriað tó þám termene, Angl. viii. 325, 46-326, 10. sentence, verse of

fíc

a figa fig-tree

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Add: a fig Hé sæh treów fíces videns fici arborem, Mt. R. 21, 19: 24, 32. Of unberendum trées fíc de sterili arbori fici, Lk. p. 8, 3. Fíca carisarum, An. Ox. 8, 209. a fig-tree Forwisnade se fíc arefacta est ficulnea, Mt. R. 21, 19, 20. Be fíce de

fin

(n.)
Grammar
fin, fíne e; f.

a heap

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a heap. Substitute: a heap of wood Fín lignarium, ligneum, Txts. no, 110, 1186. Fíne strue (pyram strue stipitum in edito constructam. Aid. 34, ii), An. Ox. 7, 157: 8, 125. a wooden hut (?): Fín cella lignaria, Txts. no, 1169. a heap of other material

fáh

Similar entry: scúr-fáh

faran

Grammar
faran, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add

fel

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add: a garment made of skin Sume preóstas gýmað ... ꝥ heora fell swá wíde hangion ꝥ se fót ne ætýwe omnis cura est ... si pes laxa pelle non fulgeat, Chrd. 64, 31

fers

Similar entry: healf-fers

fíf

Grammar
fíf, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Dó tó þám fífum þe Octƀ hæfð, Angl. viii. 305, 17. the abstract number Gif ꝥ gedæl byð tódǽled þurh seofon ... and þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon oððe twá ..., fífe oððe syxe, Angl. viii. 303, 46

aldor-freá

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-freá, an; m.

A chief lordprinceps dominus

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A chief lord; princeps dominus, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 29; Dan. 46

Linked entry: ealdor-freá

fóra-gleáwlíce

(adv.)

providentlycarefullyprudentlyprōvĭde

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providently, carefully, prudently; prōvĭde, R. Ben. interl. 3

fóra-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
fóra-sceáwung, e; f.

Foresightforethoughtconsideration

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Foresight, forethought, consideration Fóra-sceáwung consídérátio, R. Ben. interl. 34

frǽ-beorht

(adj.)

exceedingly brightpræclārus

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exceedingly bright; præclārus, Lye

Linked entry: beorht

frǽ-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
frǽ-micel, adj.

Very greatfamouspræ-magnusexĭmius

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Very great, famous; præ-magnus, exĭmius, Cot. 178

Linked entry: freá-micel