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§48; §80; §93; §200; §215; §399; §557;
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(v. also III.).
alone.
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  • Fela ofslagen wearð on ǽgðere healfe

    multis populis deletis,

    • Ors. 4, 7
      • ;
    • S. 182, 34
      • .

  • Ðǽm fealo (feolo, R.) gesald wæs

    cui multum datum est,

    • Lk. L. 12, 48
      • .

  • Feolo (feola, R.) gespreca

    multum loqui,

    • Mt. L. 6, 7
      • .
plural
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  • Se godspellere áwrát þæt fela árison mid Críste

    (multa corpora sanctorum surrexerunt,

    • Mt. 27, 52
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. i. 226, 4.

  • Dryhten sceáwað . . . hé fela findeð, feá béoð gecorene,

    • Gú. 30
      • .

  • Spreccende wæs him feolo (feola, R.) ł monigo

    (multa ),

    • Mt. L. 13, 3
      • .

  • Fala,

    • Wülck. Gl. 250, 10
      • .
uncertain
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  • Hé cýdde fela be Crístes godcundnysse . . . feáwa hé áwrát be his menniscnysse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 70, 18
      • .
with gen.
gen. sing.
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  • Hrippes sóðlíce feolo (feolu, R.)

    messis quidem multa,

    • Lk. L. 10, 2
      • .

  • Mé onsáh unrihtes feala

    declinaverunt in me iniquitates,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 3
      • .

  • Is þæs fela tó secgenne, þæs þe hé ádreág,

    • Gú. 509
      • .

  • Ne wundriaþ hí nó fela þæs þe hí nú wundriaþ,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • F. 216, 6
      • .

  • Þeáh hé áge feala fægeres,

    • Bl. H. 21, 7
      • .

  • Bitres fela,

    • Gen. 479
      • .

  • Fela gelíces,

    • Th. 387
      • .

  • Hí gesáwon wyrmcynnes feala,

    • B. 1425
      • .
where the noun in genitive is a noun of multitude the verb may be plural:
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  • Fleóhcynnes feala flugan on gemǽru,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 27.
gen. pl.
where fela is nom. to a verb in sing.
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  • Heora fela ðúsenda gefongen wæs

    octo millia sunt capta Tuscorum,

    • Ors. 3, 4
      • ;
    • S. 104, 11
      • .

  • Fela monna wát þætte . . . ,

    • Met. 20, 83
      • .

  • Má þonne fela manna gelýfan mæge

    majora quam credi potest,

    • Bd. 3, 24
      • ;
    • Sch. 306, 23
      • .

  • Feala,

    • Bl. H. 41, 14
      • .

  • Fela wearð tódræ-acute;fed Godes ðeówa,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • P. 120, 14
      • :
    • Gen. 1638
      • .

  • Þæ t eówer fela geseah,

    • Dan. 412
      • .

  • Wæs máðma fela gelǽded,

    • B. 36
      • :
    • Cri. 43
      • :
    • Crä. 1
      • .
where fela is nom. to a verb in pl.
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  • For þon gebode gewurdon fela martyra,

    • Ors. 6, 30
      • ;
    • S. 280, 19
      • .

  • Mé fela þínra edwíta on gefeóllon

    opprobria exprobantium tibi ceciderunt super me,

    • Ps. Th. 60, 9
      • .

  • Þé þanciað þúsenda fela,

    • Hy. 7, 49
      • .

  • Bregowearda fela rófe árísaþ,

    • Gen. 2333
      • .
other cases than nom.
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  • Mid wíta fela,

    • Cri. 1548
      • .

  • Feala,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 43
      • .

  • Hié fela wucena sǽton,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • P. 87, 22
      • .

  • Fela geára,

    • Bd. 5, 15
      • ;
    • Sch. 652, 15.

  • Hé bræ-acute;d hine on feala bleóna,

    • Bl. H. 175, 5
      • .

  • Þá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe

    respondi me ignorare quid faceret Alexander,

    • Nar. 18, 24
      • .
adjective
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(v. also III.).
[a dat. pl. in -um occurs. v. efen-fela.]
singular or uncertain.
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Cf. monig
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  • Unc sceal worn fela máðma gemǽnra,

    • B. 1783
      • .

  • Gelýfdon fela ðúsend manna,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 296, 22
      • .

  • Feala híwes hrægel

    polymita,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 14
      • .

  • Hé fela þing wiste ǽr þan þe hit gewurde,

    • Hml, S. 31, 1009
      • .

  • Þú worn fela sprǽce,

    • B. 530
      • .

  • Hé ofslóg fela þúsend monna,

    • Ors. 6, 13
      • ;
    • S. 268, 17
      • .

  • Hié innwit feala ýwdan,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 2
      • .

  • Þú scealt fela gewinn habban,

    • Hml. Th. i. 426, 18
      • .
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  • Fela wítegan bodedon,

    • Hml. Th. i. 358, 6
      • .

  • Wurdon fela cyrcan árǽrede,

    • 562, 24
      • .

  • Fela hundas,

    • ii. 114, 17.

  • Se Hǽlend . . . beheóld hú þæt folc heora ælmyssan wurpon intó ðám máðmhúse, and ðá fela rícan bróhton miccle ðing

    (multi divites jactabant multa,

    • Mk. 12, 41
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. i. 582, 14
      • .

  • Óðre fela bisceopas,

    • Hml. S. 3, 631
      • .

  • Fela óþre,

    • 28, 19
      • .

  • Hí águtan blód bearna feala (or I. 2 b. γ),

    • Ps. Th. 105, 27
      • .

  • In feolo wiðirweardnisum

    in tot adversis,

      Rtl. 23, 1.

  • Fela (feola, v. l.) geár,

    • Bd. 5, 15
      • ;
    • Sch. 652, 15
      • .

  • Feta óðre gecorene hálgan,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 112, 31
      • :
    • Hml. S. 6, 304.

  • Feala,

    • Hex. 16, 1
with qualifying adverbs.
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v. I. 1 a
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  • Drincan ðreó swá feala ge feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre,

    • Hml. A. 145, 29
      • .

  • Swá feolu

    (quotquot)

    hæfde aiðulo,

    • Mk. R. 3, 10
      • .

  • Hé salde swá feolo swá

    (quantum)

    hiǽ waldun,

    • Jn. R. 6, 11
      • .

  • Huu feolo áht ðú tó geldanne

    quantum debes?,

    • Lk. L. 16, 7
      • .

  • Huu feolo (feolu. R.) éghuelc geceópad wére,

    • 19, 15
      • .
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v. I. 1b
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  • Suá feolo

    (quotquot)

    hiá hæfdon uncúð áðlo,

    • Mk. L. 3, 10
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v. I. 2 a
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  • Næs ná for ðám þe þæs landes swá fela wǽre,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 24, 25
      • .

  • Mé hearmes swá fela Adam gespræc,

    • Gen. 579
      • .

  • Feala,

    • 322.

  • Nǽfre man þǽre moldan tó þæs feale nimeþ, ꝥ . . . ,

    • Bl. H. 127, 17
      • .

  • Álýfan landes tó fela,

    • By. 90
      • .

  • Tó fela micles Deniga leóde,

    • B. 694
      • .
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v. I. 2 b α
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  • Ðeáh ðǽm feohgítsere cume swá fela welena swá þára sondcorna beóþ,

    • Bt. 7, 4
      • ;
    • F. 22, 26
      • .

  • Heó nyste þæt hearma swá fela fylgean sceolde,

    • Gen. 708
      • .

  • Þára micles tó feala winð wið gecynde,

    • Met. 13, 16
      • :
    • Hy. 4, 45
      • .
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v. I. 2 b β
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  • Swá fela manna wǽron on þám eórode,

    • Hml. S. 28, 14
      • .

  • Swíðe fela geára synd nú ágáne,

    • 23, 727
      • .
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v. I. 2 b γ
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  • Swá feala

    (gen. or nom.?)

    earmra manna swá on þæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ . . . , biþ hé ealra þára manna deáþes sceldig,

    • Bl. H. 53, 5
      • .

  • Ic mæg swá fela wundra gewyrcean,

    • Gen. 279
      • :
    • An. 710
      • .

  • Hú fela hláfa hæbbe gé?,

    • Mk. 8, 5.

  • Swíðe feala cynna,

    • Hy. 9, 20
      • .
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v. II. 2
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  • Wytað hú fela epactas beón,

    • Angl. viii. 339, 35
      • .

  • Em swá feala facum

    totidem spatiis,

    • An. Ox. 37
      • 22.

  • Ealswá feala mǽrþa ic geríme

    tot ego glorias numerabo,

    • 4762.

  • Hú fela dagas and hú fela tída seó sunne wunað on ǽlcum tácne,

    • Angl. viii. 318, 1
      • .

  • Foregíslas swá fela swá hé habban wolde,

    • Chr. 877
      • ;
    • P. 74, 20
      • .
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v. II. 2 and I. 2 b α
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  • Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽra wyrhtena wæs,

    • Hml. Th. i. 318, 22
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v. II. 2 and I. 2 b β
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  • Þá wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽr manna wǽron,

    • Hml. Th. i. 22, 23
      • .
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  • Sélre bið ǽghwǽm þæt hé his freónd wrece, þonne hé fela murne,

    • B. 1385
      • .

  • Gif hí fulle ne beóð, fela gnorniað

    (murmurabunt),

    • Ps. Th. 58, 15
      • .

  • Hí fét habbað, ne magon feala gangan

    they cannot walk much;non ambulabunt,

    • 113, 15
      • .

  • Fela,

    • Rä. 32, 8
      • .

  • Heó wíde ne féreð, ne fela rídeð,

    • 59, 3
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fela.” 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/44630.

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