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FISC

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §19; §96; §231; §312; §335;
A FISH; piscis
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  • Fisc

    piscis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 65, 60: 77, 57: 281, 54.

  • Fisc sceal on wætere cynren cennan [MS. cynran cennen]

    the fish shall propagate his kind in the water,

    • Menol. Fox 514
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 27: Salm. Kmbl. 841
      • ;
    • Sal. 420.

  • Híg brohton him dǽl gebrǽddes fisces, and beóbreád

    illi obtŭlērunt ei partem piscis assi, et făvum mellis,

    • Lk. Bos. 24, 42: Mt. Bos. 7, 10: Deut. 4, 18.

  • We ðé willaþ ferigan freólíce ofer fisces bæþ

    we will freely convey thee over the fish's bath,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 586
      • ;
    • An. 293: Exon. 116b
      • ;
    • Th. 447, 14
      • ;
    • Dóm. 39.

  • Nim ðone ǽrestan fisc

    take the first fish,

    • Mt. Bos. 17, 27: Jn. Bos. 21, 13.

  • Bletsien ðec fiscas and fuglas

    may fishes and birds bless thee,

    • Exon. 55a
      • ;
    • Th. 194, 16
      • ;
    • Az. 140: 97b
      • ;
    • Th. 364, 33
      • ;
    • Wal. 80.

  • Ða fixas, ðe wǽron on ðam flóde, wurdon deáde

    pisces quĭ ĕrant in flūmĭne, mortui sunt,

    • Ex. 7, 21: Ors. 5, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 105, 15.

  • Earmra fisca

    of poor fishes,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 164
      • ;
    • Sal. 81: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 133; Met. 11, 67.

  • Híg betugon mycele menigeo fixa

    conclūsērunt piscium multĭtūdĭnem cōpiōsam,

    • Lk. Bos. 5, 6: Mt. Bos. 15, 34: Mk. Bos. 6, 43: 8, 7.

  • Hí geféngon þreó hund fixa missenlícra cynna

    they caught three hundred fishes of diverse kinds,

    • Bd. 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 583, 1.

  • Mid fiscum

    with fishes,

    • Exon. 22a
      • ;
    • Th. 60, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 967: 126b
      • ;
    • Th. 487, 19
      • ;
    • Rä. 73, 4.

  • He afédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíf þúsendo

    he fed five thousand from two fishes and from five loaves,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1178
      • ;
    • An. 589: Mk. Bos. 6, 41.

  • We nabbaþ hér, búton fíf hláfas and twegen fixas

    non hăbēmus hic, nisi quinque pānes, et duos pisces,

    • Mt. Bos. 14, 17: Lk. Bos. 9, 13: Jn. Bos. 6, 9: 21, 10: Gen. 1, 26.

  • Heora fisceas forwurdan

    occīdit pisces eōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 25.
Etymology
[
Wyc. fische
:
Chauc. fissch, fissche
:
Laym. fisc, uisc, m
:
Orm. fisskess fishes, pl
:
Plat. fisk, m
:
O. Sax. fisc, visc, m
:
Frs. fisck
:
O. Frs. fisk
:
Dut. visch, m
:
Ger. fisch, m
:
M. H. Ger. visch, m
:
O. H. Ger. fisc, m
:
Goth. fisks, m
:
Dan. fisk, m. f
:
Swed. fisk, m
:
Icel. fiskr, m
:
Lat. piscis, m
:
Wel. pysg, m
:
Corn. pesc, pysc, pise, m
:
Armor. pesc
:
Ir. iasg, iasc, m
:
Gael, iasg, éisg, m.
]
Derived forms
eá-fisc, horn-, hran-, hron-, mere-, sǽ-
Linked entries
v.  fen-fixas.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FISC.” 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/10804.

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