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Dele II, and add:
a footman
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  • Féða

    pedester (nunquam pergo pedester,

    • Ald. 272, 34
      • ),
    • An. Ox. 23, 54
      • .

  • Rídende oþþe féþan fær dónde

    equitando vel pedites iter agendo,

    • Angl. xiii. 373, 116
      • .

  • Féþan

    pedestres,

    • An. Ox. 61, 17
      • .

  • Féþena

    peditum,

    • 826
      • .

  • Foeðan

    statores,

    • Ps. Srt. ii. p. 187, 16
      • .
of soldiers.
a foot-soldier (perhaps some of the passages might be put under 2)
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  • Hé hæfde III C þúsenda féðena and án hund þúsenda gehorsedra,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 124, 34
      • :
    • Nar. 9, 9
      • .

  • Búton unárímedlican féþum

    permultae peditum copiae,

    • 4, 11
      • .
a troop of foot-soldiers
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  • Foeða

    falanx,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 26
      • .

  • Féða,

    • 96, 41
      • .

  • Féþa,

    • 37, 44
      • .

  • Of foeðan

    ex phalange,

    • 107, 59
      • .

  • Of féþan, of þreáte

    ex falange,

    • 29, 66.
in a collective sense, troops on foot, infantry, an armyof foot-soldiers:
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  • Tó þǽm gefeohte hæfde hé bróht LXM gehorsedra bútan féþan,

    • Ors. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 230, 12
      • .

  • Ic mid þínum wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande

    armed with thy weapons I will stand fast in thine army,

    • Bl. H. 225, 34
      • ;
    • Jul. 389
      • .

  • Féðan

    aciem,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 15
      • .

  • Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr þon þe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, and hé ǽr þone féþan sóhte

    (he joined the army),

    ǽr þon þe hé ꝥ leóht gesáwe,

    • Bl. H. 167, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. fendo pedes, pedestris; fendeo falanx.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “féþa.” 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/44889.

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