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Etna

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.
Etna, the volcano of Sicily; Ætna, æ; f. = Αἴτνη, ης; f.
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  • Etna [MS. Eðna] ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode, dá hit upp of helle geate asprang on Sicilia ðam lande, and fela ofslóh mid bryne and mid stence [Ors. B. C. 458]

    Etna betokened the brimstone fire, when it sprang up from the door of hell in the island of the Sicilians and slew many by burning and stench

    ,
    • Ors. 2,
      • 6;
    • Bos. 50,
      • 16-19.
  • This is much abridged from
      Ors. 2, 14; Hav. 123-127.
  • Though Alfred has given the impression of his age, respecting volcanoes, Orosius only speaks thus of Etna, — Ætna ipsa, quæ tunc cum excĭdio urbium atque agrōrum crebris eruptiōnibus æstuābat, nunc tantum innoxia spĕcie ad prætĕrĭtōrum fidem fūmat,
      Hav. 124, 2-4.

  • On ðam geáre, asprang up Etna fýr on Sicilium, and máre ðæs landes forbærnde ðonne hit ǽfre ǽr dyde

    in that year

    [B. C.
    • 135
    ], fire sprang up from Etna among the Sicilians, and burnt more of the land than it ever did before, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 16.

    Etna fýr afleów up swá brád and swá mycel, ðæt feáwa ðara manna mihte beón eardfæste, ðe on Lipara wǽron ðam íglande, ðe ðær níhst wæs, for dære hǽte and for ðam stence

    the fire of Etna flowed up so broad and so great, that few of the men, who were in the island Lipara, which was next to it, could abide in their dwellings, for the heat and for the stench

    ,
    • 5,
      • 4;
    • Bos. 105,
      • 9-12.
Etne, Ætne, es;
m
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  • Se múnt, ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ, on íglonde Sicilia swefle byrneþ, ðæt mon helle fýr háteþ wide, forðæm hit simle biþ sinbyrnende

    the mountain, which now the children of men call Etna, burns in the island of Sicily with sulphur, that men widely call fire of hell, because it ever is perpetually burning,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 8,
      • 96-104;
    • Met. 8,
      • 48-52.

  • Nú manna gitsung is swá byrnende, swá ðæt fýr on ðaelig;re helle, seó is on ðam múnte ðe Ætne hátte

    now the covetousness of men is as burning as the fire in the hell, which is in the mountain that is called Etna,

    • Bt. 15
      • ;
    • Fox 48,
      • 20.

  • Se byrnenda swefl ðone múnt bærnþ, ðe we hátaþ Ætne

    the burning brimstone burneth the mountain, which we call Etna,

    • 16,
      • 1;
    • Fox 50,
      • 5.
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v.  Ætne Etne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Etna.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9811.

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