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penn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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penn, a fold (? the meaning is uncertain; perhaps the two names
Strétpen,
    C. D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add:
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  • On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce,

      C. D. vi. 48, 12-14.
  • On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.
  • Andlang weges tó pippenes penne; of pippenes penne, iii. 429, 27.
  • Upp on épenn; of ðám penne on heán æsc,

      456, 4.
  • Andlang ðǽra heáfda on etta penn,

      25, 21.
  • Usque strétpen,

      448, 19.
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v. fyrs-penn.
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