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fisc-wér

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
fisc-wér, fisc-wer, es; m.
Substitute:
a weir for catching fish
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  • Fiscwer and mylne macian,

    • Angl. ix. 261, 12.
a fishing-ground; captura:
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  • Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer

    laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.),

    • Lk. 5, 4
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fish-weir.
Cf. Icel. fiski-ver a fishing-place.
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  • fisc-wér, n.