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FÆC

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FÆC, es; pl. nom. acc. facu; gen. faca; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345;
Space, interval, distance, portion of time; spătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum
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  • On swá lytlum fæce

    in so short a space,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1917
    • ;
    • El. 960
    • .
  • Ðæt wæs on fæce syxtig furlanga fram Hierusalem

    quod ĕrat in spătio stădiōrum sexāginta ab Ierūsālem,

    • Lk. Bos. 24,
    • 13.
  • Hí binnon lytlan fæce gewendon to Lundene

    they within a little space went to London,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Erl. 155,
    • 22.
  • Myccle fæce

    multo intervallo,

    • Bd. 1,
    • 1;
    • S. 473,
    • 10.
  • Ymb lytel fæc

    after a little time,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 543
    • ;
    • El. 272: 765
    • ;
    • El. 383
    • .
  • Þurh lytel fæc

    for a little space,

    • Exon. 35 b
    • ;
    • Th. 115,
    • 6;
    • Gú. 185
    • .
  • Se þeódwíga þreónihta fæc swífeþ on swefote

    the noble creature is dormant in slumber a three nights' space,

    96 a;
    • Th. 357,
    • 34;
    • Pa. 38
    • .
  • Geseah he ánre stówe fæc

    vīdit ūnius lŏci spătium,

    • Bd. 3,
    • l0;
    • S. 534,
    • 19.
  • Unfyrn faca

    in a little time,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2741
    • ;
    • An. 1373
    • .
  • Twegra dæga fæc

    two days' space;

    duārum diērum spătium,
    • R. Ben. 53
    • .
  • Fífwintra fæc

    five years' space;

    olympias,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 16
    • ;
    • Som. 58,
    • 69;
    • Wrt. Voc. 21,
    • 56.
  • Lytel fæc

    a little time, interval;

    intervallum,
    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
    • ;
    • Som. 48, 35: Beo. Th. 4472
    • ;
    • B. 2240
    • .
  • Æfer fæce

    after a while, afterwards;

    postmŏdum,
    • Bd. 3,
    • 5;
    • S. 527, 16: 5. 23
    • ;
    • S. 645,
    • 33.
Etymology
[
Plat. fak:
Frs. feck cămĕra, spătium, intervallum:
O. Frs. fek, fak:
Dut. vak, n. an empty place or space:
Ger. fach, n. any inclosed space:
M. H. Ger. vach, n:
O. H. Ger. fah mænia:
Dan. fag, n. a department, office:
Swed. fack, n. a compartment
.]
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v.  æfter-fæce fec.
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