fægrian
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
This might be just a supplemental entry adding to an entry in the Main Volume.
fægrian
. Add: to make fair, adorn :-- Fægeredre
falerata, An. Ox. 5309. [v.
N. E. D. fair;
vb. Icel. fegra
to adorn.] v.
ge-fægerian; ǽ-fægred.
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fægrian
; p. ode; pp. od [fæger fair] To become fair or beautiful; pulchrescĕre :-- Byrig fægriaþ towns become fair, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 32; Seef. 48. DER. a-fægrian.