Flax-fóte

According to the Old English Dictionary:

flox-fóte, flohten-fóte;

flax-fóte

adj. Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes :-- Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15. flax-fote