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† fec Obs. since 12th c.
[OE. fæc, corresp. to OFris. fek, fak, OS. fac (MLG., Du. vak), OHG. fah (MHG. vach, mod.G. fach); the continental sense is chiefly ‘compartment’, ‘bounded space’. The normal mod.Eng. form would be fack.]
A definite interval in space or time; a limited distance, fixed period.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xxiv. 13 On þæt castel þæt wæs on fæce [L. in spatio] syxtiᵹ furlanga fram hierusalem. a1175Cott. Hom. 231 Hi bi ene féce to his curt come sceolde. Ibid. 235 Eft bine fece and þes lare and laȝe swiðe acolede þurh manifeald sénne. |