fǽmnan hád
- noun [ masculine ]
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Ic fǽmnan hád mínne geheóld
I preserved my maidenhood,
- Exon. 9 a ;
- Th. 6, 31;
- Cri. 92 .
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Þurh fǽmnan hád
through womanhood,
- Cd. 224 ;
- Th. 296, 1;
- Sat. 495 .
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On fǽmnan háde
in virginity,
- Ors. 3, 6;
- Bos. 58, 5.
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Heó lyfode mid hyre were seofen geár of hyre fǽmnháde
vixĕrat cum vĭro suo annis septem a virgĭnĭtāte sua,
- Lk. Bos. 2, 36.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fǽmnan hád.” 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/9945.
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