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-feald-lic

(suffix)

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-feald-líce

(adv.; suffix)

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fearh-hama

Similar entry: feorh-hama

feówer-feald

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Mid feówerfealdum quaterno, An. Ox. 1542. Feárfald quadruplum, Lk. L. 19, 8. Add

fíf-feald

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Fíffealde quinas, Angl. xiii. 424, 848. Add

fiþer-feald

(num.; adj.)

four-fold

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four-fold Ic forgeldo feoðorfald reddo quadruplum, Lk. ' R. 19, 8

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. Hé underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18. Tén ðúsend síðan hundfealde ðúsenda him mid wunodon decies millies centena millia

neáh-feald

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh-feald, adj.
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Intimate Tó his neáhfealdum freóndum, Nap. 47

Linked entry: feald

sixtig-feald

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Syxtigfeald sexagenarius, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 285, 9: Scint. 69, 17. Sixtifealdne sexagesimum (fructum ), An. Ox. 1407. Syxtifealdum ber[þenunm] sexagenis fasciculis, 1407. Add

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, <b>. I.</b>
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Be ánfealdum ic forgylde simplum Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 17. Add

wæl-feall

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-feall, es; m. (?)

The fall of the slain ⬩ destruction

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The fall of the slain, destruction Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711.

æsc-fealu

(adj.)
Grammar
æsc-fealu, adj.

Ashy-coloured

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Ashy-coloured: — Æscfealu vel æscgrǽg cinereus, deterrimus color. Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 14

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6. Lǽcedomas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum ond onfeallum and báncoþum, 98, 21:

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

tín-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín-feald, adj.

Tenfold

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Tenfold Týnfealde deni, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 15. Týnfealdum oððe twéntifealdum deni aut viceni, R. Ben. Interl. 54, 15. Þreowa on teónfealdum ter denis, Hymn. Surt. 104, 23. Feówer síðo teáfald tal quater denario numero, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 12

dun-falu

(adj.)
Grammar
dun-falu, dun-fealu; adj. [dun dun, fealu fallow-coloured]

Dun or tawny colour ⬩ color cervōrum

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Dun or tawny colour; color cervōrum Dun-fealu [MS. -falu] cervīnus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 88; Wrt. Voc. 46, 45

feá-lóg

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feal-þing

(n.)
Grammar
feal-þing, (?)
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a great mass, a great weight (?) Falthing moles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 23

Linked entry: falthing

Engla feld

(n.)
Grammar
Engla feld, gen. feldes; dat. felda, felde; m. [Hovd. Englefeld: Brom. Englefelde: Matt. West. Anglefeld: Angles' field, the field of the English]

ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi

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ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi Hér cwom se here to Reádingum on West-Seaxe, and ðæs ymb iii niht ridon ii eorlas up: ðá gemétte hie Æðelwulf aldorman on Engla felda, and him ðǽr wið gefeaht, and sige

gomel-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gomel-feax, gomol-feax, gamol-feax; adj.
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomelfeax gnornaþ the hoary-locked grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92

Linked entries: gomol-feax gamol-feax

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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[blanden; pp. of blandan to mix; feax, fex hair] Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old; comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex. Blanden-feax is a phrase which in Anglo-Saxon poetry is only applied to those advanced in life; and is used to denote

Linked entry: blonden-feax

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