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fnæst

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Grammar
fnæst, l. fnǽst,
dele last passage and bracket, and add:
breath of living creatures
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  • Orþes, fnǽstes

    spiritus (draconis).

    • An. Ox. 2452
    • .
  • Fnǽste;

    anhelitu, i. suspirio,

    • 2050.
  • Deóres fuǽstum

    bestiae flatibus,

    • 2472.
blast of frost, fire
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  • Ne forstes fnǽst, ne fýres blǽst,

    • Ph. 15
    • .
Etymology
[
Wel neȝ hire (the owl's) fnast atschet, O. and N. 44.
]
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v. fnesan.
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