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fisc-noþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§595;
Substitute:
fishing, the action or practice of taking fish,
by persons
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  • Heora fixnoðe gelamp micel earfoðnys . . . Wé rǽdað . . . þæt Drihten héte tuwa áwurpan net on fixnoðe, ǽne ǽr his ðrowunge, and óðre síðe æfter his ǽriste . . . Se ǽrra fixnoð getácnode þás andwerdan gelaðunge . . ., and se æftra fixnoð getácnode þá tówerdan gelaðunge gecorenra manna tó ðám écan lífe. On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá fela gelæhte þæt þæt net tóbærst . . . On ðǽm æftran fixnoðe wurdon gelæhte manega fixas, and þæt net swá þeáh áðolode.

    • Hml. Th. ii. 290, 5-21.
  • Lǽrde hé ꝥ hí on fiscnaðe him andlyfene sóhton . . . ; ac seó þeód þone cræft ne cúþe ðæs fiscnoþes nemne tó ǽlum ánum

    docuit eos piscando uictum quaerere . . . ; sedpiscandi peritia genti nulla nisi ad anguillas tantum inerat,

    • Bd. 4, 13
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    • Sch. 420, 5-11
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  • Petrus gecyrde eft tó his fixnoðe . . . óðer is þæt man him ðurh fíxnoðe bigleofan tilige, and óðer þæt man ðurh toll feoh gegadrige,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 288, 17-30
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  • Hé hét hý áweorpan heora net on fixnode.

    • Nap. 22, 32.
  • Far ðé on fiscnoð mid mé,

    • Ap. Th. 12, 6
    • .
by other living creatures
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  • Geseah hé scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád hé þám scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes,

    • Hml. S. 31, 1323
    • .
a place where there is fishing, a fishing-ground
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  • Wǽron twégen gebróþra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fixnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe micele gefeoht for þám fixnoþe. Se bisceop . . . ábæd æt Gode ꝥ hé worhte þone wæterscipe tó yrþlande, and ꝥ wæter gewænde of þám fixnoðe, and wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ,

    • Nap. 22, 21-28
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  • Hé stód mid ðám folce swá wið ǽnne fixnoð, ꝥ wæs án brád mere Genesareð geháten,

    • 30.
  • Sí ðis mynster fram eallum eorðlicum þeówdðme freóh . . . , ðæt is on feldum and on lǽsewum, . . . and on sealtum merscum, and on fiscnoðum,

    • C. D. iii. 350, 8
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  • Mid allum ðǽm nytnessum ge on fixnoðum ge on médwum,

    • v. 186, 5.
what is caught, a catch, draught of fishes:
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  • Cwæð hé : 'Wurp fit þín net, and þé fixnoð (fiscnoð, v.l.) becymð.' . . . Wearp þá út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax,

    • Hml. S. 31, 1273
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  • Ne bærst heora net on ðisum fixnoðe . . .; and þes fixnoð getácnað þá hálgan gelaðunge, ꝥ is eall crísten folc . . . Se fixnoð æfter his ǽriste getácnode þá gesǽligan Crístenan . . . þá þá Petrus geseah swylcne fixnoð mid hym, þá feól hé tó þæs Hǽlendes cneówum . . . His geféran . . . wǽron eác áfyrhte for þám fixnoðe,

    • Nap. 22
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  • fisc-noþ, n.