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Th. 207, 21; Ph. 145: 58b; Th. 212, 5; Ph. 205. Feðrum bifongenc clad with feathers, 61a; Th. 224, 23; Ph. 380: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 10; Met. 24, 5. II. in the pl. sometimes used for Wings; &a-long;læ, pennæ :-- Mec wæ-acute;gun feðre on lifte wings bore me in air, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 20; Rä. 28, 4. Ic hæbbe swíðe swifte feðera, ðæt ic mæg fliógan ofer ðone heán hróf ðæs heofones I have very swift wings, that I can fly over the high roof of heaven, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 4: Ps. Lamb. 54, 7: 138, 9. He gesihþ brimfuglas bræ-acute;dan feðra he sees sea-fowls spread their wings, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 13; Wand. 47. Cómon earnas on flyhte, feðerum hrémige eagles came in flight, exulting in their wings, Andr. Kmbl. 1728; An. 866: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 17; Met. 24, 9. Fugel feðrutn strong a bird strong of wings, Exon. 57a; Th. 203, 18; Ph. 86: 57b; Th. 206, 7; Ph. 123: 58a; Th. 208, 29; Ph. 163: 106b; Th. 222, 11; Ph. 347. III. what is made of a feather, A pen; penna, c&a-short;l&a-short;mus :-- Feðer a pen; penna, Wrt. Voc. 75, 16. Nim ðíne feðere and wrít fíftig take thy pen and write fifty, Lk. Bos. 16, 6. [Chauc. feder: Plat. fedder: O. Sax. fethera, f: Dut. veder, veer, f; Ger. feder, f: M. H. Ger. vëdere, vëder, f: O. H. Ger. fedara, f: Dan. fjeder, m. f: Swed. fjäder, m. Icel. fjoðr, f; Lat. penna, old forms pesna, petna, f: Grk. GREEK , n. a feather; GREEK to fly: Sansk. pat to fly.] DER. halsre-feðer, hleow-, wríting-, v. fiðere.
feðer-, four-, used only in the compounds, -- feðer-fóte, -sceátas, -scette, -scíte, -scitte. v. fiðer-, fyðer-.
feðeran, feðran to provide with feathers or wings. DER. ge-feðeran, -feðran.
feðer-bed, -bedd, es; n. A feather-bed; culc&i-short;ta :-- Feðerbed culc&i-short;tes [ = culc&i-short;ta], Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 102; Wrt. Voc. 25, 42.
feðer-berende; part. Bearing feathers, feathered; penn&i-short;ger, Cot. 150.
feðer-cræft, es; m. The art of feather-embroidering; plúm&a-long;ria ars, Som. Ben. Lye.
feðere, feðre; def. se feðera, feðra; seó, ðæt feðere, feðre; adj. Feathered; pennis præd&i-short;tus. DER. deáwig-feðere, haswig-, ísig-, salwig-, úrig-.
feðer-fóte; adj. Four-footed; quadr&u-short;pes :-- Eádbyrht feðerfótra [MS. -fóta] neáta ðone téðan dæ-acute;l to þearfum syllan wolde Eadbyrht would give the tenth part of four-footed cattle to the poor, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 17, note, MS. B. v. feówer-féte, fiðer-féte, fyðer-féte, -fóte.
feðer-gearwe; pl. f. [gearwe clothing] Feather-gear, the feathering of an arrow; pennis vest&i-long;tus :-- Sceaft feðergearwum f&u-long;s an arrow prompt with its feather-gear, Beo. Th. 6229; B. 3119.
feðer-geweore, es; n. Feather-embroidered work; pl&u-long;m&a-long;rium &o-short;pus :-- Feðergeweorc besiwed &o-short;pus pl&u-long;m&a-long;rium intextum, Cot. 145.
feðer-hama, -homa, an; m. Feather-covering, feathers, plumage, wings; pl&u-long;m&a-long;rum tegmen, pl&u-long;ma, pennæ, &a-long;læ :-- Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feðerhaman I see his angels encompass him with feathery wings, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 6; Gen. 670. Eall biþ geniwad, feorh and feðerhoma all is renewed, its life and plumage, Exon. 60a; Th. 217, 14; Ph. 280. Ðæt he mid feðerhoman fleógan meahte that he might fly with wings, Cd. 22; Th. 27, 13; Gen. 417.
feðer-sceátas; pl. m. Four corners or quarters; qu&a-short;tuor pl&a-short;gæ :-- Eall ðeós leóhte gesceaft feðersceátum full feohgestreóna all this bright creation in its four quarters full of treasures, Salm. Kmbl. 63; Sal. 32.
feðer-scette; adj. Four-cornered; quadrang&u-short;l&a-long;ris, in qu&a-short;tuor pl&a-short;gas porrectus :-- Eall ðeós leóhte gesceaft, feðerscette, full fyrngestreóna all this bright creation, four-cornered, full of ancient treasures, Salm. Kmbl. 63, MS. B; Sal. 32, note. v. feðer-scíte.
feðer-scíte, -scitte, -scette; adj. Four-cornered, quadrangular; quadrang&u-short;l&a-long;ris :-- Feðerscíte tæfel four-cornered tables; tess&e-short;rae vel lepusc&u-short;læ, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 66; Wrt. Voc. 39, 49. Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt. Voc. 39, 50. v. feówer-scýte, fiðer-scýte, -scíte, fyðer-scýte.
féðe-spédig; adj. Speedy of foot; l&e-short;v&i-short;p&e-long;s :-- Sum biþ on londe snel, féðespédig one is swift on land, speedy of foot, Exon. 79a; Th. 296, 18; Crä. 53.
féðe-wíg, -wigg, es; n? m? A foot-battle; p&e-short;destris pugna :-- Féðe-wíges of the foot-battle, Beo. Th. 4717; B. 2364: Wald. 88; Vald. 2, 16.
feðm, es; m. A bosom; s&i-short;nus :-- On feðme heora in s&i-short;nu e&o-long;rum, Ps. Spl. T. 78, 13. v. fæðm II.
feðra, feðre feathers, wings, Exon. 57b; Th. 207, 6; Ph. 137: 58b; Th. 212, 5; Ph. 205: 77a; Th. 289, 13; Wand. 47; nom. acc. pl. of feðer.
feðrum with feathers or wings, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 10; Met. 24, 5: Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 11; Ph. 347; inst. pl. of feðer.
féðu a band on foot, a host; l&e-short;gio, Ælfc. GL 7; Som. 56, 73; Wrt. Voc. 18, 25. v. féða.
fetian, fetigean, fetigan; he fetaþ, fet; p. fette; pp. fetod To fetch, bring to, marry; add&u-long;c&e-short;re, appl&i-short;c&a-long;re, ux&o-long;rem d&u-long;c&e-short;re :-- He héht him fetigean to sprecan síne he bade to fetch his counsellors to him, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 17; Gen. 2666. Fetigan, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 26; Jud. 35. He óðer fetaþ &a-short;liam dux&e-short;rit, Mt. Bos. 19, 9. Æ-acute;lc ydel fet unhæ-acute;lo all idleness brings illness, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Se forma fette wíf, and forþferde pr&i-long;mus, ux&o-long;re ducta, defunctus est, Mt. Bos. 22, 25: Gen. 48, 10. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his bower, Beo. Th. 2625; B. 1310. DER. ge-fetian, -fætian. v. feccan.
fetlum with belts, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 5. v. fetel.
fetor, e; f. A fetter; compes :-- Ísern fetor forfex, Cot. 86. Ísen fetor b&a-short;lus, Cot. 23. v. feter.
fetor-wrásen, e; f. [wrásen a chain] A fetter, chain; c&a-short;t&e-long;na, compes :-- Hraðe siððan wearþ fetorwrásnum fæst he was soon fast bound in fetters, Andr. Kmbl. 2215; An. 1109.
fett; adj. Fat; pinguis :-- He biþ anlícost fettum swínum he is most like to fat swine, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26. v. fætt.
fette fetched, brought, married, Gen. 48, 10: Mt. Bos. 22, 25; p. of fetian.
fettian; p. ode; pp. od [fitt contention, strife, fight] To contend, strive, dispute; cert&a-long;re, contend&e-short;re, disp&u-short;t&a-long;re :-- Saturnus and Saloman fettodon ymbe heora wísdóm Saturn and Salomon contended about their wisdom, Salm. Kmbl. p. 178, 7.
feuer-fuge, an; f. Feverfew; febr&i-short;f&u-short;gia :-- Feuerfuge feverfew, Lchdm. iii. 12, 25. v. fefer-fuge.
fex, es; n. Hair of the head, the locks; cæs&a-short;ries :-- Fex cæs&a-short;ries, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 39; Wrt. Voc. 42, 47: 70, 32. v. feax.
fexede having long hair, long-haired, Chr. 891; Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10. v. feaxede.
fic deceit, fraud, guile. DER. ge-fic.
FÍC, es; m. I. a Fig, the fruit of the fig-tree; f&i-long;cus: found at present only in the following compounds in the sense of a tree or fruit, etc. -- fíc-æppel, -beám, -leáf, -treów. II. a disease so called, the piles, hemorrhoids; f&i-long;cus :-- Wið seóndum ómum, ðæt is fíc for running erysipelas, that is the 'fig,' L. M. cont. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 10, 7: L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 12. Læ-acute;cedómas and drencas and sealfa wið fíce medicines and drinks and salves for the 'fig,' L. M. cont. 1, 57; Lchdm. ii. 12, 18. Gif se fíc [MS. uíc] weorþe on mannes setle geseten, if the 'fig' be settled on a man's fundament, Lchdm. iii. 30, 16. Se blédenda fíc the bleeding 'fig,' iii. 38, 8. Wið ðone blédendne [MS. blédende] fíc nim murran ða wyrt for the bleeding 'fig' take the plant sweet-cicely, iii. 8, 1. [Plat. fige, f: Dut. vijg, f: Ger. feige, f: M. H. Ger. víge, f: O. H. Ger. fíga. f: Lat. f&i-long;cus, f. and m.]
fíc-ádl, e; f. [fíc II. the piles, hemorrhoids] The fig-disease; f&i-long;cus morbus :-- Wið fícádle drenc and beðing a drink and fomentation for the fig-disease, L. M. cont. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 302, 24: L. M. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340, 1.
fíc-æppel, -appel, es; m; pl. nom. acc. -æppla; n. A fig-apple or fruit, a fig; f&i-long;cus, c&a-long;r&i-short;ca :-- Fícappel c&a-long;r&i-short;ca, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 125; Wrt. Voc. 32, 59. Ne Híg of þornum fícæppla ne gaderiaþ neque de sp&i-long;nis coll&i-short;gunt f&i-long;cus, Lk. Bos. 6, 44: Mt. Bos. 7, 16.
fíc-beám, es; m. [beám a tree, v. I.] A fig-tree; f&i-long;cus :-- Fícbeám f&i-long;cus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 122; Wrt. Voc. 32, 56. Behealdaþ ðone fícbeám v&i-short;d&e-long;te f&i-long;culneam, Lk. Bos. 21, 29. Forwurdan heora wíngeardas and fícbeámas percussit v&i-long;neas e&o-long;rum et f&i-long;culneas e&o-long;rum, Ps. Th. 104, 29.
fíc-leáf, es; n. A fig-leaf; f&i-long;ci f&o-short;lium :-- Híg siwodon fícleáf and worhton him wæ-acute;dbréc consu&e-long;runt f&o-short;lia f&i-long;cus et f&e-long;c&e-long;runt sibi p&e-short;riz&o-long;m&a-short;ta, Gen. 3, 7.
ficol; ady. FICKLE, crafty; vers&i-short;pellis, inconstans, Prov. 14.
fíc-treów, es; n. A FIG-TREE; f&i-long;cus :-- Forscranc ðæt fíctreów f&i-short;cus &a-long;r&u-short;íit, Mk. Bos. 11, 21: Mt. Bos. 21, 20: Wrt. Voc. 80, 11. Ðæs fíctreówes of the fig-tree, Mk. Bos. 11, 13. Leornigeaþ bigspel be ðam fíctreówe ab arb&o-short;re f&i-long;ci disc&i-short;te p&a-short;r&a-short;b&o-short;lam, Mt. Bos. 24, 32: Mk. Bos. 13, 28. Hí gesáwon ðæt fíctreów forscruncen of ðam wyrtruman v&i-long;d&e-long;runt f&i-long;cum &a-long;r&i-short;dam factam a r&a-long;d&i-long;c&i-short;bus, 11, 20: Mt. Bos. 21, 19. He ofslóh wíngeardas heora and fíctreów heora percussit v&i-long;neas e&o-long;rum et f&i-long;culneas e&o-long;rurn, Ps. Spl. 104, 31.
fíc-wyrm, es; m. A FIG-WORM, a worm originating from the fig-disease; vermis ex f&i-long;co morbo &o-short;riens :-- Feallaþ ða fícwyrmas on ða beðinge d&e-long;c&i-short;dent f&i-long;et morbi vermes in balneo, L. M. 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340. 8.
fíc-wyrt, e; f. The herb FIG-WORT; f&i-long;c&a-long;ria herba, f&i-long;cus, Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 119; Wrt. Voc. 31, 6.
fieder a father, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 2; Thw. 29, 2. v. fæder.
fiell, es; m. A fall, ruin, destruction; c&a-long;sus, lapsus, ru&i-long;na :-- He wirþ swíðe raðe on fielle he very quickly falls, Past. 39, 3; Hat. MS. 53b, 17. v. fyll.
fiénd a fiend :-- Murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd regardeth neither friend nor foe, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 8. v. feónd.
fiénd-wíc, es; n. An enemy's dwelling, a camp; hostiurn v&i-long;cus, castra :-- Hí feóllon on middele fiéndwíce heora c&e-short;c&i-short;d&e-long;runt in m&e-short;dio castr&o-long;rum e&o-long;rum, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 32.
fier; adv. [fier, comp. of feor, adv. far] Farther; longius, ult&e-short;rius :-- Ðeáh ðú nú fier [fyr MS. Bod.] síe ðonne ðú wæ-acute;re though thou art now