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FIERSN

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
FIERSN, fyrsn, e; f.
The heel; calx
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  • Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan

    thou [the serpent] shall lie in wait for her [Eve's] heels,

    • Cd. 43
    • ;
    • Th. 56, 17
    • ;
    • Gen. 913.
Etymology
[
Ger. ferse, f
:
M. H. Ger. vërsen, f
:
O. H. Ger. fërsana, fërsina, fërsna, f
:
Goth. fairzna, f
:
Grk. πτέρνα , f. the heel
:
Sansk. pārshni, m. f. the heel.
]
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v.  fyrsn.
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  • FIERSN, n.