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fágnys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fágnys, -nyss, e; f.
A scab, ulcer, eruption; scăbies, ulcus, eruptio
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  • Láþlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid mislícum fágnyssum

    loathsome is the body of the leper with divers scabs,

    • Homl. Th. i. 122,
    • 22.
  • Ðæt Crist úre sáwle fram synna fágnyssum gehǽlan mǽge

    that Christ may heal our soul from the ulcers of sins,

    • 122,
    • 25.
  • Seó fágnys aweg gewát

    the eruption went away,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 178,
    • 15.
  • Unlybba awende his hiw to wunderlícere fágnysse

    poison turned his appearance to a wonderful eruption,

    • 178,
    • 12.
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v.  fáhness.
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