Fetian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fetian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: fetigean, fetigan; he fetaþ, fet; Related words: Kmbl. 61. Se forma fette wíf, and forþferde

Definitions

1 fetian

p. fette; pp. fetod To fetch, bring to, marry; addūcĕre, applĭcāre, uxōrem dūcĕre :-- He héht him fetigean to sprecan síne he bade to fetch his counsellors to him, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 17; Gen. 2666. Fetigan, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 26; Jud. 35. He óðer fetaþ ăliam duxĕrit, Mt. Bos. 19, 9. Ǽlc ydel fet unhǽlo all idleness brings illness, Proprīmus, uxōre ducta, defunctus est, Mt. Bos. 22, 25: Gen. 48, 10. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his bower, Beo. Th. 2625; B. 1310. DER. ge-fetian, -fætian.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛖᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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