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fealu

(n.)

fallow, pale yellow, dusky,

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fallow, pale yellow, dusky, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 81; Wrt. Voc. 46, 38: Andr. Kmbl. 841; An. 421

fealu

(n.)
Grammar
fealu, gen. fealuwes, fealwes; n.

Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a cropnŏvāle

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Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a crop; nŏvāle Andlang weges óþ ðone bróc, ðe scýt to fealuwes leá along the way to the brook, which shoots to the field of fallow ground, Cod. Dipl. 399; A. D. 944; Kmbl. ii. 251, 1

mús-fealu

(adj.)
Grammar
mús-fealu, adj.

Mouse-coloured

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Mouse-coloured Múisfealu, bleóreád myrteus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 8

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

æppel-fealu

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
æppel-fealu, g. m. n. -fealuwes; adj.

Apple-fallowapple or reddish yellowflavus ut pomum

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Apple-fallow, apple or reddish yellow; flavus ut pomum Mearas æppelfealuwe bay steeds, lit. apple-coloured steeds, Beo. Th. 4336; B. 2165

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

FEALO

(adj.)
Grammar
FEALO, fealu, feale; def. se fealwa; adj.

FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? flāvus, gilvus, fuscus

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Sindon fealwe fótas the feet are yellow, Exon. 60a; Th. 219, 22; Ph. 311. Ne feallaþ ðǽr fealwe blóstman fallow blossoms fall not there, 57a; Th. 202, 24; Ph. 74. Fealwe mearas bay horses, Beo. Th. 1735; B. 865.

fealo

(adj.)
Grammar
fealo, adj.
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Fealu rubeum, rubicundum, 15, 80: busius, 126, 76. Feala, 12, 57. Sió fealwe fægernes fulva venustas (pavonis), 89, 61: 33, 40. Nim þonne ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié fealo hryþeres horn, Lch. ii. 290, 22. Þæs fealewan flava, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 39.

fealh

(n.)
Grammar
fealh, fealh, fealg, felg, e; f.
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Fealga occas, Txts. 82, 713. Fealge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 58. Fealga, 65, 32. Felga, An. Ox. 15, 1: 17, 2. [Most, if not all, of these are glosses on: Graculus segetum glumas et laeti cespitis occasdepopulare studet, Ald. 142, 20.] Substitute:

Linked entry: fealgian

FEALH

(n.)
Grammar
FEALH, gen. fealge; f.

A harrow occa

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A harrow ; occa Fealh occa, Cot. 197. Fealga occas, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 24

Linked entry: filging

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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FEW; pauci Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ], Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2. Hit þúhte him feáwa daga it seemed to him a few

Linked entry: feá

feall

(n.)

a fall

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a fall Feallo torres foretreden ruina turris oppressi, Lk. p. 8, 3. Þá getimbru wǽron gehrorene mid gelómlicum feallum, Gr. D. 134, 12

feala

(adj.)
Grammar
feala, adj.

Many, much multum, multa

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On feala wísan multis mŏdis, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 11

feáwa

a few

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Add: Feára paulorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 54. Substantival. few persons or things Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 1. On þám folce feáwe wǽran ǽnige there were few only in that folk, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwæt ðá feáwa syndan þe his willan

feald

(num.; suffix)

fold

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fold (as a multiplicative) Þæt man ǽlcne ceáp mihte be twám fealdum (be twiefealdan, S. 248, 2) bet geceápian þonne man ǽr mihte ut duplicia quam usque ad id fuerant rerum venalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 37

-feald

(suffix)
Grammar
-feald, the termination of numerals, as án-feald one-fold, single; twí-feald or twý-feald two-fold, double; þreó-feald or þrý-feald three-fold, treble; seofon-feald seven-fold; manig-feald

manifold

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manifold

feall

(n.)
Grammar
feall, e; f?

A trap, pitfall decĭpŭla

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A trap, pitfall; decĭpŭla, Lye, Ettm

feall

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Hnescum fealle guttatim, Hpt. Gl. 408, 33. Add

feald

(n.)

a field

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a field, Ps. Spl. 77, 15: 64, 12

Linked entry: fild

fealo

(num.; adj.)

many

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many, Beo. Th. 5508, note; B. 2757, note