- feaxede
- adj hairy, bushy; long-haired (of a comet)
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Feaxede steorra — Lit. hairy or long haired star . Most famously *Halley s comet in 1066, seen later as the ill omen which preceded the Battle of Hastings . The phrase was also used in *ASC in 892 and 995. [< OldEngl. feax, fax = hair; still to be found in… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Faxed — Faxed, a. [AS. feaxede haired, fr. feax hair. Cf. {Paxwax}.] Hairy. [Obs.] amden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comet — There are several comets mentioned in the *ASC. In the annal for 891, there is a reference to the star that men in book Latin call cometa . Another appeared in 975, at the time of a great famine. The most famous is *Halley s comet, which appeared … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Halley's comet — The appearance it is perhaps most famous for, that of 1066, is noted in *ASC, where it is referred to as the star called comet , as it had been when visible in 955; it was also called the long haired comet . Although the *Bayeux Tapestry shows… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
