Fǽgan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fǽgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fǽgan
p. fǽde; pp. fǽged To paint :-- Faehit pingit, Txts. 86, 785. ¶ In the following glosses there seems to be confusion either between the Latin verbs pangere and pingere or between the English verbs fǽgan and fégan :-- Fégð pingit (cf. gefégað conpingite, 15, 43), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 14. Fǽgde (foegde?) pangit (nec glus murorum moenia pangit, Ald. 173, 32), 93, 66. Faedun, fǽdun pangebant (pingebant ?), Txts. 85, 1504. [N. E. D. fay. O. H. Ger. gi-féhen tingere, pingere: Icel.to paint.] v. á-fǽgan ; fág. fægan
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