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FEARN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FEARN, FERN, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§343;
A FERN; fĭlix
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  • Fearn

    fĭlix,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 42
    • ;
    • Som. 64,
    • 10;
    • Wrt. Voc. 31, 21: 67, 45: 79,
    • 64.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ðæt micle fearn

    the large fern;

    aspĭdium fĭlix,
    • L. M. 1,
    • 56;
    • Lchdm. ii. 126, 14: Lchdm. i. 380,
    • 19.
Etymology
[
Chauc. ferne:
Dut. váren, n:
Kil. væren:
Ger. farn, farren, m:
M. H. Ger. varm, varn, m:
O. H. Ger. farm, farn, n:
Sansk. parna, n. a leaf, plant, tree
.]
Derived forms
DER. eofor-fearn, fen-
Linked entries
v.  fen-fearn fern.
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