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fiðere

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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fiðere, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§41;
A wing; āla:
Wings; ālæ, pennæ
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  • Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ

    if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29.
  • Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres

    pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 13.
  • Sindon ða fiðru hwít

    the wings are white,

    • Exon. 60a: Th. 218, 20
    • ;
    • Ph. 297.
  • Bearn manna under wǽfelse oððe on gescyldnesse ðínra fiðera [Spl. fyðera] hopiaþ

    fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 35, 8: 56, 2: 60, 5.
  • Gehýd me under ðínra fiðera [Lamb. fyðerena] sceade

    sub umbra ālārum tuārum protĕge me,

    • Ps. Th. 16, 8.
  • Under fiðerum [Th. fiðrum: Lamb. fyðerum] his ðú hopudest

    sub pennis ejus spērābis,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 4: Lk. Bos. 13, 34.
  • Nabbaþ hí æt fiðrum fultum

    they have no help from wings,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15
    • ;
    • Met. 31, 8.
  • Fleáh ofer fiðera [Th. fiðeru: Lamb. fyðru] winda

    vŏlāvit sŭper pennas ventōrum,

    • Ps. Spl. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 318, 27.
  • Abred of ða fiðeru

    take off the wings,

    • Lev. 1, 17: Ps. Th. 54, 6: 138, 7: Salm. Kmbl. 528
    • ;
    • Sal. 263.
  • Se fótum tredeþ fiðru [Spl. fyðeru: Lamb. fyðeras] winda

    qui ambŭlat sŭper pennas ventōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 103, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 1
    • ;
    • Met. 24, 1: Exon. 65a
    • ;
    • Th. 241, 7
    • ;
    • Ph. 652: 109b
    • ;
    • Th. 418, 18
    • ;
    • Rä. 37, 7.
  • Ac ðǽr ic móste ðín mód gefiðerigan mid ðám fiðerum, ðæt ðú mihtest mid me fliógan

    but if I were allowed to furnish, thy mind with wings, that thou mightest fly with me,

    • Bt. 36, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 174, 6: Ps. Th. 60, 3: 62, 7: 148, 10.
  • Hí mid hyra fiðrum weardiaþ [MS. wearþ]

    they protect with their wings,

    • Exon. 13b
    • ;
    • Th. 25. 3
    • ;
    • Cri. 395: 55a
    • ;
    • Th. 195, 23
    • ;
    • Az. 160: 60b
    • ;
    • Th. 220, 7
    • ;
    • Ph. 316: 88b
    • ;
    • Th. 332, 21
    • ;
    • Vy. 88: Elen. Kmbl. 1482
    • ;
    • El. 743.
  • Hìm fiðeras ne fultumaþ

    wings support them not,

    • Bt. 41, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 254, 26.
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v. feðer II.
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v.  FEÐER fyðera.
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