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fǽr-níþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fǽr-níþ, es; m.
A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief; pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas
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  • Sorh is me to secganne hwæt Grendel hafaþ fǽrníða gefremed

    it is sorrow for me to say what sudden mischiefs Grendel has perpetrated,

    • Beo. Th. 956
    • ;
    • B. 476
    • .
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  • fǽr-níþ, n.