FEN
- noun [ neuter ]
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Ic fúlre eom ðonne ðis fen swearte
I am fouler than this swart fen,
- Exon. 110 b ;
- Th. 423, 33 ;
- Rä. 41, 31.
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Fenn lŭtum,
- Ælfc. Gr. 13 ;
- Som. 16, 6:
līmus, lŭtum,
- Ælfc. Gl. 57 ;
- Som. 67, 61 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 37, 48.
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Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian
the spectre shall dwell in the fen,
- Menol. Fox 545 ;
- Gn. C. 42: Beo. Th. 2595 ;
- B. 1295.
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Se ðe móras heóld, fen and fæsten
who held the moors, the fen and fastness,
- Beo. Th. 208 ;
- B. 104.
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Hió wyrcþ ðæt fenn ðe man háteþ Meotedisc
it forms the fen which is called Mæotis,
- Ors. 1, 1 ;
- Bos. 15, 19.
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He underféhþ ðæt fenn ðara þweándra
he receives the dirt of the washers,
- Past. 16, 5 ;
- Hat. MS. 21 b, 20.
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Is Élíg ðæt land eall mid fenne and mid water ymbseald
est Elge pălūdĭbus circumdăta vel ăquis,
- Bd. 4, 19 ;
- S. 590, 4.
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Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen
the island is surrounded with a fen,
- Exon. 100 b ;
- Th. 380, 9 ;
- Rä. 1, 5.
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Fennas and móras
fens and moors,
- Bt. 18, 1 ;
- Fox 62, 14.
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On ðám fennum
in pălūdĭbus,
- Bd. 4, 19 ;
- S. 590, 5.
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Eall óþ ða fennas norþ
as far north as the fens,
- Chr. 905 ;
- Erl. 98, 21: 1010 ;
- Erl. 143, 27.
Bosworth, Joseph. “FEN.” 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/10296.
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