fénix
- noun [ masculine ]
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Fénix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre þeóde, se leofaþ fíf hund geára, and æfter deáþe eft aríst ge-edcucod, and se fugel getácnaþ úrne æríst on ðam endenéhstan dæge
phœnix, so a bird in Arabia is called, which lives five hundred years, and after death rises again re-quickened, and the bird betokens our resurrection at the last day,
- Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64 ;
- Som. 13, 56-58.
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Se fugel se is fénix háten
the bird which is called phœnix,
- Exon. 57 a ;
- Th. 203, 19 ;
- Ph. 86.
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Fénix byrneþ
phœnix burns,
- 59 a ;
- Th. 213, 2 ;
- Ph. 218: 60 b ;
- Th. 221, 26 ;
- Ph. 340.
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Ðǽr he heánne beám wunaþ ðone hátaþ men fénix, of ðæs fugles noman
there it inhabits a lofty tree, which men call phœnix, from the bird's name,
- Exon. 58 a ;
- Th. 209, 21 ;
- Ph. 174.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fénix.” 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/10310.
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