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fant-fæt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fant-fæt, gen. fant-fætes; pl. nom. acc. fant-fatu; n.
A font vessel, the font for baptism; baptistērii vas
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  • Hǽðen cild biþ gebroht synfull þurh Adames forgǽgednysse, to ðam fant-fæte, ac hit biþ aþwogen fram eallum synnum wiðinnan, ðeáh ðe hit wiðútan, his hiw ne awende

    a heathen child is brought to the font-vessel, sinful through Adam's transgression, but it is washed from all sins within, though without it change not its appearance,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 268,
    • 29-33.
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