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Adjective [Old English]

IPA: /ˈflɑksˌfoː.te/
Etymology: Uncertain. Likely from *flax (“a weave, web”), from Proto-West Germanic *flahts, derived from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to weave, plait”) + -fōte. Etymology templates: {{unc|ang}} Uncertain, {{der|ang|gmw-pro||*flahts}} Proto-West Germanic *flahts, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*flehtaną|t=to weave, plait}} Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to weave, plait”), {{suf|ang||-fōte}} + -fōte Head templates: {{ang-adj|flaxfōte}} flaxfōte Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|flaxfōte}} Forms: flaxfōte [canonical], strong [table-tags], flaxfōte [masculine, nominative, singular], flaxfōtu [feminine, nominative, singular], flaxfōto [feminine, nominative, singular], flaxfōte [neuter, nominative, singular], flaxfōtne [accusative, masculine, singular], flaxfōte [accusative, feminine, singular], flaxfōte [accusative, neuter, singular], flaxfōtes [genitive, masculine, singular], flaxfōtre [feminine, genitive, singular], flaxfōtes [genitive, neuter, singular], flaxfōtum [dative, masculine, singular], flaxfōtre [dative, feminine, singular], flaxfōtum [dative, neuter, singular], flaxfōte [instrumental, masculine, singular], flaxfōtre [feminine, instrumental, singular], flaxfōte [instrumental, neuter, singular], flaxfōte [masculine, nominative, plural], flaxfōta [feminine, nominative, plural], flaxfōte [feminine, nominative, plural], flaxfōtu [neuter, nominative, plural], flaxfōto [neuter, nominative, plural], flaxfōte [accusative, masculine, plural], flaxfōta [accusative, feminine, plural], flaxfōte [accusative, feminine, plural], flaxfōtu [accusative, neuter, plural], flaxfōto [accusative, neuter, plural], flaxfōtra [genitive, masculine, plural], flaxfōtra [feminine, genitive, plural], flaxfōtra [genitive, neuter, plural], flaxfōtum [dative, masculine, plural], flaxfōtum [dative, feminine, plural], flaxfōtum [dative, neuter, plural], flaxfōtum [instrumental, masculine, plural], flaxfōtum [feminine, instrumental, plural], flaxfōtum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], flaxfōta [masculine, nominative, singular], flaxfōte [feminine, nominative, singular], flaxfōte [neuter, nominative, singular], flaxfōtan [accusative, masculine, singular], flaxfōtan [accusative, feminine, singular], flaxfōte [accusative, neuter, singular], flaxfōtan [genitive, masculine, singular], flaxfōtan [feminine, genitive, singular], flaxfōtan [genitive, neuter, singular], flaxfōtan [dative, masculine, singular], flaxfōtan [dative, feminine, singular], flaxfōtan [dative, neuter, singular], flaxfōtan [instrumental, masculine, singular], flaxfōtan [feminine, instrumental, singular], flaxfōtan [instrumental, neuter, singular], flaxfōtan [masculine, nominative, plural], flaxfōtan [feminine, nominative, plural], flaxfōtan [neuter, nominative, plural], flaxfōtan [accusative, masculine, plural], flaxfōtan [accusative, feminine, plural], flaxfōtan [accusative, neuter, plural], flaxfōtra [genitive, masculine, plural], flaxfōtena [genitive, masculine, plural], flaxfōtra [feminine, genitive, plural], flaxfōtena [feminine, genitive, plural], flaxfōtra [genitive, neuter, plural], flaxfōtena [genitive, neuter, plural], flaxfōtum [dative, masculine, plural], flaxfōtum [dative, feminine, plural], flaxfōtum [dative, neuter, plural], flaxfōtum [instrumental, masculine, plural], flaxfōtum [feminine, instrumental, plural], flaxfōtum [instrumental, neuter, plural], floxfōte [alternative]
  1. web-footed Synonyms: flohtenfōte
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        "Old English terms suffixed with -fote",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with unknown etymologies",
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          "english": "Truly, the birds that live in the waters are web-footed by God's forethought, so that they can swim and seek food for themselves. Some, such as swans, are long-necked, so that they can reach food on the ground. And those that live on flesh are claw-footed, sharp-billed so that they can bite with short necks, and swifter in flight, such that they can properly perform the labors of their life.",
          "ref": "c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:",
          "text": "Đa fugelas sōðlīċe ðe on flōdum wuniað, syndon flaxfōte, bē Godes foresċeawunge, ðæt hī swimman magon and sēcan him fōdan. Sume bēoð langswēorede swā swā swanas and ylfettan ðæt hī aræċan him magon mete bē ðām grunde. And ða ðe bē flǣsċe lybbað, syndon clyferfēte and sċearpe ġebilode, ðæt hī bītan magon on sċeortum swuran and swyftran on flihte, ðæt hī ġelimplīċe bēon tō heora līfes tilungum.",
          "translation": "Truly, the birds that live in the waters are web-footed by God's forethought, so that they can swim and seek food for themselves. Some, such as swans, are long-necked, so that they can reach food on the ground. And those that live on flesh are claw-footed, sharp-billed so that they can bite with short necks, and swifter in flight, such that they can properly perform the labors of their life.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈflɑksˌfoː.te/"
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}

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