Old English Dictionary Entry

FETEL

Definitions

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1 FETEL

gen. feteles, fetles; m. A girdle, belt; cingŭlum, balteus :-- Sweordum and fetelum with swords and belts, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 19; Met. 25, 10. Mid fetlum with belts. Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 5. [Ger. fessel, f: M. H. Ger. vezzel, m: O. H. Ger. fazzil, fezzil, fezil, m. balteus: Icel. fetill, m. a strap, belt.] fetel

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛖᛏᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)

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