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fersc

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§85; §280;
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of water.
fresh as opposed to salt
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  • Þǽr sint swíðe micle meras fersce,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 19, 5
    • .
fresh as opposed to stagnant
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  • Wé æfter ferscum wætre hié frinon . . . hié cwǽdon ꝥ wé fundon sumne swíðe micelne mere in þǽm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg

    (dulcissima aqua)

    . . . wæs ic gefeónde þæs swétan wætres and þæs ferscan,

    • Nar. 11, 22-12, 10
    • .
  • Ne fersc ne mersc,

    • Lch. iii. 286, 24.
of food,
fresh as opposed to salted
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  • Ete sealtne mete and nówiht fersces,

    • 28, 24
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  • Gemeng wið ferscre buteran,

    • ii. 74, 21.
  • Ne ete fersce gós, ne ferscne ǽl, ne fersc swín . . . gif hé hwilc þissa ete, sié ꝥ sealt,

    • 88, 7-10.
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