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fen-ýce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fen-ýce, fen-ýce, -úce, an; f.
A snail (?), tortoise (?)
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  • Fænúcæ

    testudo

    (cf. limax snægl, testudo gehúsed snægl, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 5; lumbricus rénwyrm, chelio, testudo sǽsnǽl, 32),
    • Txts. 100, 997
    • .
  • Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra, regnwyrm, and fenýce fóre hreðre

    lumbricus et limax et tarda testudo palustris me vincunt certamine currus

      (
    • Ald. 272, 2
    • ),
    • Rä. 41, 70
    • .
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  • fen-ýce, n.