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fisc-fell

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Ofer ðǽr burge fiscfell (-pól, L. ) super probatica piscina, Jn. R. 5, 2

fisc-mere

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Fiscmere piscina (v. Jn. 5, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, II. Dele-' vivarium, . . . Lye,' and add

méce-fisc

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Þes mécefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1. Add

sǽ-fisc

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Sǽfisce ł hrane ballena, An. Ox. 23, 48. Habbað eów anweald ofer sǽfyxum (cf. þǽre sǽ fixas, Gen. 1, 28), Hex. 20, 5. Ne þicgen hié fenfixas ne sǽfixas, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Add

fisc-lacu

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For '-pond' read '-stream'

eá-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
eá-fisc, -fix, es; m.

A river-fish flăviālis piscis

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A river-fish; flăviālis piscis Iór byþ eáfixa [sum] eel [?] is a river-fish. Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 4. Eáfiscas sécan to seek river-fishes, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 48; Met. 19, 24

mete-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
mete-fisc, es; m.

An edible fish

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An edible fish Ðes metefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Som. 9, 10

horn-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
horn-fisc, es; m.

A garfish, a kind of pike garfish,esox belone

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A garfish, a kind of pike Hornfisc plegode glád geond gársecg, Andr. Kmbl. 740; An. 370

fisc-pól

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-pól, es; m?

A fish-poolfish-pondpiscīnavīvārium

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A fish-pool, fish-pond; piscīna, vīvārium Fiscpól vīvārium, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 94; Wrt. Voc. 54, 38: 80, 66: piscīna, Som. 76, 95; Wrt. Voc. 54, 39. On fiscpóle in a fish-pool, Lchdm. iii. 212, 15

Linked entry: fisc-mere

fisc-wylle

(adj.)
Grammar
fisc-wylle, -welle; adj. [cf. weallan to swarm]

Full of fishabounding in fishpiscíbus abundanspiscōsus

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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8

fisc-bryne

(n.)

fish-brinepiscium salsūgo

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fish-brine; piscium salsūgo Fiscbryne liguamen? vel gărum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 13; Wrt. Voc. 27, 66

scil-fisc

(n.)
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scil-fisc, es; m.
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A shell-fish:?-Monige sint cwucera gesceafta unstyriende, swá swá scylfiscas sint, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 21. Mettas ðe gód blód wyrceaþ, swá swá sint scilfixas, Lchdm. ii. 244, 24

gafol-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-fisc, es; m.

Fish paid as toll or tribute

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Fish paid as toll or tribute Ic geann þám munecan tó fódan mín gafolfisc þe mé áríst be sælande concedo maritimos pisces qui mihi contingere debent annualiter per thelonei lucrum, Cht. Th. 307, 37

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fisc-noþ

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Add: the privilege or right of catching fish in certain waters Ic geann þam munecum tó fódan ealne þone fixnoð þe Ulfkytel áhte æt Wyllan ( piscationem quam Ulfkytel habuit in Wylla ), Cht. Th. 307, 35

hran-fisc

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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti

fisc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-hús, es; n.

A fishing-housepiscīnāle

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A fishing-house; piscīnāle, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 105; Wrt. Voc. 58, 20

fisc-net

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-net, -nett, es; n.

A net of fishesfishing netpiscium rētepiscātorium rēte

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A net of fishes, fishing net; piscium rēte, piscātorium rēte Hí tugon hyra fiscnett trăhentes rēte piscium, Jn. Bos. 21, 8. Hwý gé ne settan on sume dúne fiscnet eówru why do ye not set your fishing nets on some hill? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 21; Met. 19, 11

fisc-wér

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wér, es; m. [wér

A draught of fishespiscium captúra

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a draught of fishes] A draught of fishes; piscium captúra Lǽtaþ eówre nett on ðone fiscwér laxáte rétia vestra in captúram [piscium ], Lk. Bos. 5, 4

hran-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
hran-fisc, es; m.

A whale

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A whale Hronfixas, Beo. Th. 1085; B. 540

eá-fisc

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Ryslas ealra eáfisca, Lch. ii. 30, 1. Add