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  • Fennes

    coeni,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 7.

  • Fenne

    luto,

    • An. Ox. 2, 435
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    • Past. 277, 10
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  • Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon,

    • Hml. S. 10, 22
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  • Hé worhte fenn

    (lutum)

    of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan,

    • Jn. 9, 6
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  • Fenn strǽta

    lutum platearum,

    • Ps. Spl. 17, 44
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  • Sió hond . . . ðe wille ðæt fenn of óðerre áðierran

    manus quae diluere sordes curat,

    • Past. 75, 23
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  • Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn

    (densum lutum)

    . . . ðæt ðicke fenn,

    • 329, 18, 19
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  • Cenum, i. luti vorago vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i.

    wáse vel fæn,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 75.

  • Wæs ðæt lond . . . ádrígad and fen (fien, v. l.) and cannon and hreádwæteru

    palus erat sicca et ceno habundans,

    • Angl. iv. 157, 5.

  • Mid sǽ, mid fænne,

    • Bt. 18, l
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    • F. 62, 23, 26
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  • Mid wudum and mid muntum and mid fænnum,

    • 18, 2
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    • F. 62, 35
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  • Fuglas þe on fennum ne sién,

    • Lch. ii. 254, 20
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  • Swá se hrefen þurh þá fennas upp áflígeð, swá þú him æfter rów,

    • Guth. 50, 10
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fen.” 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/44683.

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