Old English Dictionary Entry

Fót-swæþ, -swaþu

Part of speech: (1) of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures. (a)

Definitions

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1 fót-swæþ, -swaþu

neut. or uncertain :-- Ne bið nǽnig wonung on þǽm sande ðǽra Drihtnes fótswaða, Mart. H. 74, 21. Hé ástrehte hine tó Ióhannes fótswaðum, Hml. Th. i. 68, 14. Ic sceolde his fótswaðum fylian, 382, 18. Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, ge for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ, Lch. i. 318, 22. (b) fem. :-- Fylian his fótswaðe ejus vestigia sequi, Gr. D. 60, 26. Hé náne fótswaðe on ðám snáwe ne geseah, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 32. (2) of the trace of things :-- Nán synne fótswæð (uestigium) on his sáwle belífð, Scint. 25, 12. fot-swæþ

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Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛏ-ᛋᚹᚫᚦ, -ᛋᚹᚪᚦᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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