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FEALO

  • adjective
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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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  • Fealo líg feormaþ and fénix byrneþ

    the yellow flame consumes and burns the Phœnix,

    • Exon. 59a
      • ;
    • Th. 213, 1; Ph. 218: 104b
      • ;
    • Th. 396,
      • 8;
    • Rä. 16,
      • 1.

  • Fealu

    busius? [= fuscus? ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 79
      • ;
    • Som. 72,
      • 81;
    • Wrt. Voc. 46,
      • 38.

  • Se fealwa holen

    the fallow or withered holly leaf,

    • Exon. 114a
      • ;
    • Th. 437,
      • 19;
    • Rä. 56,
      • 10.

  • Cing út gewát on fealone [fealene, col. 1] flód

    the king departed on the dusky flood,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Th. 204, 16, col. 2
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 36: Beo. Th. 3904
      • ;
    • B. 1950
      • .

  • Sum fealone wǽg stefnan steóreþ

    one steers the prow [on] the dusky wave,

    • Exon. 79a
      • ;
    • Th. 296,
      • 19;
    • Crä. 53
      • .

  • Fleón fealone streám

    to escape the dusky stream,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3074
      • ;
    • An. 1540
      • .

  • Lang is ðeós síþfæt ofer fealuwne flód

    this journey is long over the dusky flood,

    • 841
      • ;
    • An. 421
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Se beorg tohlád and in forlét fealewe wǽgas

    the hill opened and let in the dusky waves,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3177
      • ;
    • An. 1591
      • .

  • Meahte ǽghwylc wegan fealwe linde

    each could bear the yellow shields,

    • Cd. 94
      • ;
    • Th. 123,
      • 14;
    • Gen. 2044
      • .

  • Wineleás guma gesihþ him bifóran fealwe wegas

    the friendless mortal sees before him seared ways,

    • Exon. 77a
      • ;
    • Th. 289,
      • 11;
    • Wand. 46: Beo. Th. 1837
      • ;
    • B. 916
      • .
  • [Chauc. falwe: Laym. falewe, pl: O. Sax. falu: Dut. vaal: Kil. vael, vaeluwe: Ger. fal, fahl, falb: M. H. Ger. val: O. H. Ger. falo, falw: Icel. fölr pale, fallow: Lat. pallĭdus pale: Sansk. palita grey. ] DER æppel-fealu.
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v.  dun-falu falewe feale fealewe fealu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “FEALO.” 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/10159.

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