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eofor-fearn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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eofor-fearn, efor-fearn, efer-fearn, es; n. [fearn a fern]
A species of fern, polypody; polypŏdium vulgāre, Lin
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  • Eoforfearn

    fĭlix mĭnūta, polypŏdium,

    • Glos. Brux. Recd. 41. 36
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 67,
    • 51.
  • Eoforfearn

    fĭlĭcīna, fĭlix arbŏratĭca,

    • 41,
    • 66;
    • Wrt. Voc. 68,
    • 1.
  • Wið ðon sceal eoforfearn

    polypody shall [do] for that,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 12;
    • Lchdm. ii. 56, 1: 1,
    • 63;
    • Lchdm. ii. 138, 15: 2,
    • 51;
    • Lchdm. ii. 266,
    • 16.
  • Genim eofor-fearnes mǽst

    take most of polypody,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 15;
    • Lchdm. ii. 56, 20: 1,
    • 59;
    • Lchdm. ii. 130, 9.: iii. 74,
    • 4.
  • Eoforfearn dó on hunig

    pat polypody into honey,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 60;
    • Lchdm. ii. 130, 24: 1,
    • 87;
    • Lchdm. ii. 154, 17: iii. 56,
    • 19.
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v.  efer-fearn efor-fearn.
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