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fǽmnan hád

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fǽmnan hád, fǽmn-hád, es; m. [fǽmne a virgin, woman]
Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ; virgĭnĭtas
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  • Ic fǽmnan hád mínne geheóld

    I preserved my maidenhood,

    • Exon. 9 a
    • ;
    • Th. 6,
    • 31;
    • Cri. 92
    • .
  • Þurh fǽmnan hád

    through womanhood,

    • Cd. 224
    • ;
    • Th. 296,
    • 1;
    • Sat. 495
    • .
  • On fǽmnan háde

    in virginity,

    • Ors. 3,
    • 6;
    • Bos. 58,
    • 5.
  • Heó lyfode mid hyre were seofen geár of hyre fǽmnháde

    vixĕrat cum vĭro suo annis septem a virgĭnĭtāte sua,

    • Lk. Bos. 2,
    • 36.
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  • fǽmnan hád, n.