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fisc

a fish

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Add: a fish Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebræd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 9. Wel meltende mettas, scellihte fiscas, Lch. ii. 196, 22. in a collective sense Ðá munucas habben þriddan dǽl ðæs fisces, and he ðá twá dǽl, C.

FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISHpiscis

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A FISH; piscis Fisc piscis, Wrt. Voc. 65, 60: 77, 57: 281, 54. Fisc sceal on wætere cynren cennan [MS. cynran cennen] the fish shall propagate his kind in the water, Menol. Fox 514; Gn. C. 27: Salm. Kmbl. 841; Sal. 420.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

fisc

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Add On Eásterdagum hé wolde etan fisc gif hé hæfde. Þá áxode hé þone prófost hwæðer hé fisc hæfde. Hml. S. 31, 1267-9

fisc-deág

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-deág, fisc-deáh, e; f.
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Purple dye obtained from a shell-fish Fiscdeáh, weolces conquilii, An. Ox. 5193

Linked entry: deág

fisc-wille

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wille, an ; f.

A fish-pond

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A fish-pond Fiscwelle bifarius (=vivarius) vel piscina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 15: bisarius (1. bifarius), i. 66, 8

méce-fisc

(n.)
Grammar
méce-fisc, es; m.

A mullet

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A mullet Méce-(mǽce-)fisc mugil, Ælfc. Gl. Zup, 308, 5

Linked entry: mǽce-fisc

fisc-bryne

Grammar
fisc-bryne, l. -brýne.

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fisc-wér

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wér, fisc-wer, es; m.

a fishing-groundcaptura

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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4

fisc-þrút

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-þrút, es; m.
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A small fish Huón fiscðrútas paucos pisciculos, Mt. L. 15, 34

Linked entry: þrút

fisc-lacu

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-lacu, e; f.

A fish-pond

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A fish-pond Andlang móres on fisclace, C. D. B. ii. 374, 16

Linked entry: lacu

fisc-pól

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-pól, es; m.
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Fiscpól piscina, Jn. L. 5, 2. In ꝥ fiscpól (ðone fiscpóll, R.) in piscinum, 7. On fiscpól, C. D. B. i. 518, 38. Add

fisc-wylle

Grammar
fisc-wylle, l. -wille,
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and dele last passage

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Substitute: fishing, the action or practice of taking fish, by persons Heora fixnoðe gelamp micel earfoðnys . . . Wé rǽdað . . . þæt Drihten héte tuwa áwurpan net on fixnoðe, ǽne ǽr his ðrowunge, and óðre síðe æfter his ǽriste . . .

mere-fisc

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

A sea-fish

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A sea-fish Wæs merefixa mód onhréred, Beo. Th. 1102; B. 549

fisc-mere

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

A fish-pondpiscīnavīvārium

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A fish-pond; piscīna, vīvārium, Som. Ben. Lye

fisc-hús

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A place for storing fish Flǽschús carnale, wínhús apotheca, feohhús aerarium, fischús piscinale, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 20. Substitute:

fisc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-cynn, -cinn, es; n.

The fish kindkind of fishespiscium gĕnus

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The fish kind, kind of fishes; piscium gĕnus Is heofena ríce gelíc asendum nette on ða sǽ, and of ǽlcum fisccynne gadrigendum sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum săgēnæ missæ in măre, et ex omni gĕnĕre piscium congrĕganti, Mt. Bos. 13, 47.

fisc-naþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-naþ, es; m?

A fishingpiscātus

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A fishing; piscātus On fiscnaþe by fishing, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 41

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, -naþ, es; m?

A fishingpiscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðe ðæs fiscnoþes the people knew not the art of fishing, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43

Linked entries: fiscoþ fixnoþ

mǽce-fisc

Similar entry: méce-fisc