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fyren

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fyren, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§625;
A sin, crime; peccātum, crīmen
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  • Deorce fyrene

    dark sins,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 14.
  • He ðære mǽgþe fleáh fyrene

    he avoided the crimes of the people,

    • Cd. 92
    • ;
    • Th. 116, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 1941: Exon. 48 a
    • ;
    • Th. 166, 18
    • ;
    • Gú. 1044.
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