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Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §80; §276; §295; §303; §395; §397; §562;
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  • Feld

    gotium,

    feldas

    gotia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 4, 5
      • .
open country.
land free from wood, plain (as opposed to mountainous)
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  • Hí férdon on wudu and on felda,

    • Chr. 1071
      • ;
    • P. 207, 36
      • .

  • On þám felda

    (campo),

    sé wæs genemned Hǽðfeld,

    • Bd. 4, 17
      • ;
    • Sch. 429, 14
      • .

  • Nǽnig óþer stán on eallum þám felda (-e, v. l.) geméted beón mihte

    neque ullus alter in tota illa campi planitie lapis inueniri potest,

    • 5, 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 577, 13
      • .

  • Ǽlc man sý his huntnoðes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 420, 25
      • .

  • Nefrod hét wyrcan ǽnne tor on ðám felda þe Sennar hátte,

    • Bt. 35, 4
      • ;
    • F. 162, 19
      • .

  • Þǽm gelícost þe ic sitte on ánre heáre dúne and geseó on sméðum felda

    (in magno campi spatio)

    fela fýra byrnan,

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 142, 14
      • .

  • Gif hié

    (the Danes occupying wooded country)

    ǽnigne feld sécan wolden,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • P. 84, 26
      • .

  • Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 188, 15
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  • Ne gesáwon wé nóht elles búton þá wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna be þǽm gársecge

    nihil praeter desertos in oceano campos, siluasque ac montes,

    • Nar. 20, 10
      • .
field as opposed to garden
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  • Mid þǽre lactucan þe on felda wixð

    cum lactucis agrestibus,

    • Ex. 12, 8
      • .
land free from buildings
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  • Gif hé on húse gefeohte. . . . And þeáh hit sié on middum felda gefohten,

    • Ll. Th. i. 106, 10
      • .
land that affords pasture or that may be cultivated
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  • Nétenu feldes

    pecora campi,

    • Ps. Srt. 8, 8
      • .

  • Ic

    (the ploughman)

    gá út þýwende oxan tó felda, and jugie hí tó syl,

    • Coll. M. 19, 15
      • .

  • Þæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded,

    • Hml. Th. i. 508, 24
      • :
    • Bl. H. 207, 28
      • .

  • Geond þæs muntes feld mid þý feó oferbrǽded,

    • 199, 3
      • .

  • On middum úrum wintra beóð hyra

    (the Egyptians')

    feldas mid wyrtum blówende,

    • Lch. iii. 252, 21
      • .

  • Feltha

    saltuum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 76
      • .
a place suitable for fighting, field of battle
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  • Feld

    scamma,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 75
      • .

  • Feld dænnede,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • P. 106, 20
      • .

  • Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlicne sige gefeohtað,

    • Past. 227, 25
      • .

  • Se Godes stranga wiga Sanctus Paulus nolde beón gehæfd binnan þǽre byrig Damasco, ac sóhte þone feld þæs campes,

    • Gr. D. 110, 16
      • .
used figuratively
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  • Mon on þám feldum þára háligra gewryta þá wǽpnu métan mæg mid þám mon þá uncysta ofercuman mæg,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 44, 13
      • .
Etymology
[The word often occurs, alone or in composition, in the charters. v. Midd. Flur. s. v.]
Similar entries
v. pæþ-, scín-feld: felde; feld-land.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feld.” 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/44649.

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