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fana

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fana, fanu(-e) ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §401;
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  • Pater Noster hafað gyldene fonan, and seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen,

    • Sal. K. 152, 17
    • .
  • Fanan

    uexillo,

    • An. Ox, 4804
    • .
  • Fanan

    labara,

    • 1762.
[v.
N. E. D. fane a banner.
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v. wind-fana.
fane, flower de luce
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  • Fana (fanu, v. l.)

    citsana (a 12th cent. MS. has fæarn gitsana ),

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 2
    • :
    • An. Ox. 56, 397
    • .
  • Fanu

    cittasana,

    • Lch. iii. 301, col. 2
    • .
  • Fane,

    • Lch. ii. 136, 30
    • .
  • Fone nioþoweard,

    • 350, 24
    • .
  • Fane,

    • iii. 12, 25.
  • Fanu,

    • 58, 20
    • .
  • Fanan,

    • 24, 6
    • .
[v.
N. E. D. fane (plant-name).
Cf. O. L. Ger. réni-fano tanacetum
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O. H. Ger. reine-uano.
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v.  fan-byrd.
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