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fót-mǽl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fót-mǽl, es; n.
A foot-mark or print, foot-space; signum vel mensūra pĕdis
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  • Ic wille nǽfre ðé myntan ne furh ne fótmǽl

    I will never appoint for thee neither furrow nor foot-mark,

    • L. O. 13
      • ;
    • Th. i. 184, 7.

  • He næfde ðá ealles landes búton seofon fótmǽl

    he had not then but seven feet of all his land,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 221, 2.

  • Ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes

    that he would not flee a foot-space of land,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 57
      • ;
    • By. 275.

  • On twentigum fótmǽlum feor

    twenty feet deep,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1658
      • ;
    • El. 831: Nar. 35, 2
      • ;
    • 36, 12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fót-mǽl.” 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/12088.

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