FEARN
- noun [ neuter ]
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Fearn
fĭlix,
- Ælfc. Gl. 42 ;
- Som. 64, 10;
- Wrt. Voc. 31, 21: 67, 45: 79, 64.
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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man fĭlĭcem and óðrum naman fearn nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named fĭlix,
and by another name fern,
- Herb. 78 ;
- Lchdm. i. 180, 25.
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Atió ǽrest of ða þornas, and ða fyrsas, and ðæt fearn
draw out first the thorns, and the furze, and the fern,
- Bt. 23 ;
- Fox 78, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 12, 5;
- Met. 12, 3.
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Ðæt micle fearn
the large fern;
aspĭdium fĭlix,- L. M. 1, 56;
- Lchdm. ii. 126, 14: Lchdm. i. 380, 19.
Bosworth, Joseph. “FEARN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10180.
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