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FETER

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
FETER, fetor, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §92; §369;
A FETTER, chain for the feet; compes, pĕdĭca
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  • He fédeþ swá on feterum

    he feeds him thus in fetters,

    • Exon. 88b
    • ;
    • Th. 332, 30
    • ;
    • Vy. 88: Ps. Th. 78, 11.
  • Án sceal inbindan forstes fetre

    one shall unbind fetters of frost,

    • Exon. 90a
    • ;
    • Th. 338, 9
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 76.
  • Ic módsefan mínne sceolde feterum sǽlan

    I must bind my thought in fetters,

    • 76b
    • ;
    • Th. 287, 29
    • ;
    • Wand. 21: Salm. Kmbl. 141
    • ;
    • Sal. 70.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. feterós, pl. m
:
Ger. fesser, f
:
M. H. Ger. vëzzer, f
:
O. H. Ger. fëzzera
:
Icel. fjöturr, m. a fetter of iron.
]
Linked entries
v.  feoter fetor.
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  • FETER, n.