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fugel-cynn

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  • On ðǽre dúne bið ꝥ fugelcynn þe grifus hátte . . . On þǽre ylcan stówe byð óðer fugelcynn fénix hátte

    mons ubi est griphus auis . . . In eo etiam monte est auis faenix,

      Nar. 39, 1-3.
  • On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite,

      Hml. Th. i. 320, 4.
  • Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná,

      142, 17.
  • Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna? Ic ðé secge, iiii and fíftig,

      Sal. K. 190, 18.
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[O. H. Ger. fogal-chunni.]
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