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FÁCEN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§348;
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime; dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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  • Eádig wer ðam ðe ná ætwíteþ Drihten synna, and nys on gáste his fácen

    beātus vir cui non impŭtābit Dŏmĭnus peccātum, nec est spīrĭtu ejus dŏlus,

    • Ps. Spl. 31, 2: Ps. Lamb. 35,
    • 4.
  • Hér is Israhélisc wer, on ðam nis nán fácn

    ecce vēre Israelīta, in quo dŏlus non est,

    • Jn. Bos. 1,
    • 47.
  • Ðis fácn

    hæc fraus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
    • 36;
    • Som. 12,
    • 34.
  • Ne ætfyligeþ ðé áhwǽr fácn ne unriht

    numquid adhæret tĭbi sēdes inīquĭtātis,

    • Ps. Th. 93,
    • 19.
  • Fácnes cræftig

    skilled in guile,

    • Exon. 97 a
    • ;
    • Th. 361,
    • 24;
    • Wal. 24: 62 a
    • ;
    • Th. 229,
    • 4;
    • Ph. 450
    • .
  • He ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ

    he sees the sequel of treachery,

    83 b;
    • Th. 315,
    • 16;
    • Mód. 32
    • .
  • Gif heó ðæs fácnes gewíta nǽre

    if she were not privy to the crime,

    • L. Ath. v. 1, § 1,
    • 2;
    • Th. i. 228, 17,
    • 21.
  • Ic feóde fácnes wyrcend

    făcientes prævārĭcātiōnes odīvi,

    • Ps. Th. 100, 3: 139,
    • l0.
  • Ne dyde ic for fácne

    I did it not for fraud,

    • Cd. 128
    • ;
    • Th. 162,
    • 34;
    • Gen. 2691: Exon. 73 a
    • ;
    • Th. 272,
    • 10;
    • Jul. 497
    • .
  • Bútan ǽghwylcum fácne

    without any guile,

    • L. O. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 178,
    • 14.
  • He hí ðonne bútan fácne fédeþ syððan

    pāvit eos sĭne mălĭtia cordis sui,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 71: 93. 22
    • .
  • He ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ ðæt he ðæt fácen mid worhte

    let him clear the hand therewith with which he is charged to have wrought the fraud,

    • L. Ath. i. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 206,
    • 24.
  • Fácen ne dó ðú

    ne fraudem fēcĕris,

    • Mk. Bos. 10,
    • 19.
  • Eorl óðerne spreceþ fægere befóran, and ðæt fácen swá ðeáh hafaþ in his heortan

    one man speaks another fair before his face, and nevertheless hath evil in his heart,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 9
    • ;
    • Leás. 5: Menol. Fox 574
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 56
    • .
  • fácen and unriht acwǽdon

    lŏcūti sunt nēquĭtiam,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 6: 94,
    • 9.
  • Ðæt he him nán fácn mid nyste

    that he knew of no guile in him,

    • L. C. S. 29
    • ;
    • Th. i. 392, 16: L. O. 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 182,
    • 3.
  • Se Hǽlend hyra fácn gehýrde

    cognĭta Iesus nēquĭtia eōrum,

    • Mt. Bos. 22,
    • 18.
  • Him yfle ne mæg fácne sceððan

    evil may not injure them by guile,

    • Exon. 64 b
    • ;
    • Th. 237,
    • 25;
    • Ph. 595: 70 b
    • ;
    • Th. 263,
    • 15;
    • Jul. 350
    • .
  • Nóðer he ðý fácne mæg biwergan

    nor may he defend himself from that evil,

    87 b;
    • Th. 329,
    • 22;
    • Vy. 38
    • .
  • Innan of manna heortan yfele geþances cumaþ, fácnu

    ab intus ĕnim de corde hŏmĭnum mălæ cōgĭtātiōnes prōcēdunt, dŏlus,

    • Mk. Bos. 7,
    • 22.
  • Ðú tó fela fácna gefremedes in flǽschoman

    thou hast perpetrated too many guiles in the body,

    • Exon. 41 a
    • ;
    • Th. 137,
    • 12;
    • Gú. 558: Cd. 125
    • ;
    • Th. 160,
    • 16;
    • Gen. 2651
    • .
Etymology
[
Orm. fakenn:
Plat. faxen, pl. fun:
O. Sax. fékn, n. a fraud, deceit:
M. H. Ger. veichen, n:
O. H. Ger. feihan, n:
Icel. feikn, f. a token, an omen
.]
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v.  fácn fácon fǽcne.
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