Old English · noun
feaxfang
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈfæ͜ɑksˌfɑnɡ/[ˈfæ͜ɑksˌfɑŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈfæ͜ɑks · ˌfɑnɡ (2 syllables)
Meaning
the crime of seizing someone by the hair
Ġif feaxfang ġeweorþ, L sċeatta tō bōte.
If hair-seizing should occur, the recompense shall be fifty sceattas.
Laws of King Æthelberht
Etymology
From feax (“hair”) + fōn (“to seize”)
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