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FANA

(n.)
Grammar
FANA, an; m.

A standard, flag, VANE ⬩ vexillum

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A standard, flag, VANE; vexillum Fana hwearfode, scír on sceafte the standard waved, bright on the shaft, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 20; Met. 1, 10: Cd. 155; Th. 193, 18; Exod. 248

Linked entries: fæna fanu fona

fang

(n.; part.)
Grammar
fang, es; m. [fangen; pp. of fón to take, q. v.] what is taken,

A booty ⬩ captūra, præda

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A booty; captūra, præda Hí fang woldon fón they would take booty, Chr. 1016; Th. 281, 30

Linked entry: feng

fala

(n.)
Grammar
fala, (?)

a plank

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

fald

(n.)
Grammar
fald, e; f?

FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stable ⬩ septum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum

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A FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stable; septum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum Into sceápa falde in ŏvīle ovium, Jn. Bos. 10, 1: L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 13. Hryðra fald būcētum, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 22; Wrt. Voc. 15, 22; Gen. 18, 7. Scépen steal

Linked entry: falod

-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

FÆSL

(n.)
Grammar
FÆSL, es; m?

Offspring, progeny ⬩ fētus, prōles, sŭbŏles

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Offspring, progeny; fētus, prōles, sŭbŏles Ðǽr sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces there shall be offspring of every living kind, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 13; Gen. 1310: 67; Th. 80, 17; Gen. 1330. To fæsle for progeny, 67; Th. 82, 8; Gen. 1359

fann

(n.)
Grammar
fann, e; f.
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Fon vanna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 15. Hý habbað micelne múð swá fann (swǽ fon, v. l.) ore amplissimo sicut uannum, Nar. 35, 31. Hí habbað eáran swá fann (fan, v. l.) aures habentes tamquam uannum, 37, 11. Man sceal habban . . . fauna, trogas, æscena, Angl

fatu

(n.)
Grammar
fatu, fata

vats, vessels

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vats, vessels, Mk. Bos. 3, 27: Mt. Bos. 12, 29

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified ⬩ fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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Seó burh wæs fæst the city was fortified, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 19. Micle burga óþ heofun fæste urbes magnæ ad cælum usque mūnītæ, Deut. 1, 28. Fæst innoþ restricta alvus, Herb. 1, 12; Lchdm. i. 74, 11

Linked entries: fæsten fæst-land fæstnian fæstnung

faðu

(n.)
Grammar
faðu, e; f: faðe, an; f.

A father's sister, paternal aunt ⬩ ămĭta

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A father's sister, paternal aunt; ămĭta Faðu ămĭta, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 55: Wrt. Voc. 72, 43. Mín faðu ămĭta mea; mínra faða móder ămĭta mea magna; mínre faðan yldre móder proamĭta mea; mínre [MS. mínra] faðan þriððe móder abămĭta mea, Ælfc. Gl. 92,

fals

(adj.)
Grammar
fals, adj.

False

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False (of weight or coinage) Fals pening (printed flas pennig) (or? fals-pening, cf. Icel. fals-penningr) paracaraximus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 34. Swicollice dǽda and láðlice unlaga áscunige man swýðe; ꝥ is false gewihta and wóge gemeta, Ll. Th. i. 310, 13

fast

(adj.)
Grammar
fast, fast, Som. Ben. Lye. v. fæst

fast, firm

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fast, firm

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER ⬩ păter

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Th. 77, 7. 1 Fæder păter: 2 ealda [MS. ealde] fæder ăvus: 3 þridda [MS. þridde] fæder proăvus: 4 feówerþa [MS. feówerþe] fæder ăbăvus: 5 fífta [MS. fífte] fæder ătăvus: 6 sixta fæder sextus pater, trĭtăvus, Ælfc. Gl. 90, 91; Som. 75, 4-14; Wrt.

Linked entries: eald-fæder fædyr feder fieder fæder-lic

fæger

(n.)
Grammar
fæger, es; n. (not e; f.).

beauty

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Dele bracket, and add: beauty Gif hit fæger is, ꝥ is of heora ágnum gecynde, næs of ðínum; heora fæger hit is, næs þín. Hwæt fægnast þú þonne heora fægeres? hwæt belimpþ his tó þe?, Bt. 14, 2; F. 42, 32-36.

FALS

(n.)
Grammar
FALS, es ; n.

FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum

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A FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit; falsum Bútan ǽlcon false without any fraud, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 29: L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16. Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit

fant-fæt

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facg

(n.)
Grammar
facg, fagc, es; n?

A flat-fish, plaice ⬩ plătesia

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A flat-fish, plaice; plătesia, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 64; Wrt. Voc. 55, 69

Linked entry: fagc

færst

Grammar
færst, færsþ goest, Gen. 4, 12; færþ goes, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 432; Met. 20, 216;
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2nd and 3rd pres. sing. of faran

fæst

constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard

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Scip on ancre fæst, B. 303. Segl sále fæst, 1906. Foldærne fæst laid in the grave, Cri. 730: El. 723. Hé wæs reste fæst he lay on his couch without stirring, Gen. 178.

Linked entries: fæste fæstes fæstlíce fæstnes

fald

(n.)
Grammar
fald, es; m. (not f.)
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Falud (-aed) bobellum, Txts. 45, 310. Falod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 21. Falaed stabulum, Txts. 99, 1920. Fald volio (l. (?) ovile), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 62. Mid swylcum monnum byð hell gefylled swá swá fald mid sceápum, Ps. Th. 48, 13. On ðone ealdan fald; of

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