fiþerscite

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.θerˌʃiː.te/, [ˈfi.ðerˌʃiː.te]

Adjective

fiþersċīte

  1. four-sided, rectangular, quadrangular, square
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fidersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.
      The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely of rectangular blocks of marble.

Declension

Synonyms

  • fēowersċīte

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