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fyrn-dagas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
fyrn-dagas, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
Days of old, ancient days; priscæ dies
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  • Ðis is se ilca God ðone on fyrndagum fæderas cúðon

    this is the same God whom your fathers knew in days of old,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1503
    • ;
    • An. 753: 1951
    • ;
    • An. 978: Cd. 223
    • ;
    • Th. 293, 31
    • ;
    • Sat. 463.
  • Swá hine fyrndagum worhte wǽpna smiþ

    as the armourer wrought it in ancient days,

    • Beo. Th. 2907
    • ;
    • B. 1451.
Etymology
[
Laym. i furn daȝen
:
O. Sax. an furndagun.
]
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  • fyrn-dagas, n.