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FÆT

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §54; §78; §197; §215; §295; §342; §345;
A vessel, cup, VAT; vas, călix
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  • Swá swá fæt crocwirhtan oððe tygelwirhtan ðú tobrytst híg

    tamquam vas fĭgŭli confringes eos,

    • Ps. Lamb. 2,
      • 9.

  • Fætes botm

    the bottom of a vessel;

    vāsis fundum

    ,
    • Cot. 92
      • .

  • Mid ðam fæte

    with the vessel,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 158,
      • 19.

  • He oferwríhþ nán man mid fæte his onælede leóhtfæt

    nēmo autem lucernam accendens, opĕrit eam vāse,

    • Lk. Bos. 8,
      • 16.

  • In seolfren fæt

    in a silver vessel,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2050
      • ;
    • El. 1026
      • .

  • He mid róde tácne ðæt fæt bletsode

    he blessed the vessel with the sign of the cross,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 158,
      • 19.

  • On ðæt fæt

    in călĭcem,

    • Gen. 40,
      • 11.

  • Geseah he fyrnmanna fatu

    he saw vessels of men of yore,

    • Beo. Th. 5515
      • ;
    • B. 2761
      • .

  • Gecuron híg ða gódan on hyra fatu

    elēgērunt bŏnos in vāsa,

    • Mt. Bos. 13,
      • 48.

  • Adrifene fatu

    graven or embossed vessels,

    • Ælfc. G1. 67
      • ;
    • Som. 69,
      • 99;
    • Wrt. Voc. 41,
      • 49.

  • Ne mæg man ðone strangan his ǽhta and his fatu bereáfian, and on his hús gán

    nēmo pŏtest vāsa fortis ingressus in dŏmum dirĭpĕre,

    • Mk. Bos. 3,
      • 27.

  • Hú mæg min ingán on stranges hús, and hysfats hyne bereáfian

    quōmŏdo pŏtest quisquam intrāre in dŏmum fortis, et vāsa ejus dirĭpĕre,

    • Mt. Bos. 12,
      • 29.
Etymology
[
Prompt. fate cupa:
Scot. fat a cask, barrel:
O. Sax. fat, n:
Plat. vat, fat, n:
Dut. vat, n:
Ger. fass, n:
M. H. Ger. vaȝ, n:
O. H. Ger. faz, n:
Dan. fad, n:
Swed. Icel. fat,
n.]
Derived forms
ár-fæt, bán-, drinc-, eorþ-, gold-, hord-, húsel-, lám-, leóht-, líc-, lyft-, máðum-, sealm-, sinc-, sync-, -stán-, wǽg-, wæter-
Linked entries
v.  ge-fǽtan fatu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FÆT.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10040.

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