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Anglo-Saxon

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fneósan

(v.)
Grammar
fneósan, p. fneás, pl. fnuron; pp. fnoren

To sneeze

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To sneeze

Linked entries: fneósung fnora

fneósung

(n.)
Grammar
fneósung, e; f.

A sneezing ⬩ sternūtātio ⬩ sternūtāmentum

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A sneezing; sternūtātio, sternūtāmentum Snytingc vel fneósung sternūtātio vel sternūtāmentum, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 62

Linked entry: fneósan

fnésan

(v.)

to sneeze

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to sneeze

Linked entries: fnǽran fnæst

fnésan

(v.)
Grammar
fnésan, fnesan; p. fnæs

pant ⬩ gasp

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To breathe hard, pant, gasp Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . þá gyt in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflie hǽtu þæs oreþes in solo pectore vitalis adhue calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 19. Substitute:

fneósung

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In bracket dele. ' Icel. . . . sneezing', and add

ge-fnésan

(v.)

to sneeze ⬩ sternūtāre

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to sneeze; sternūtāre Ðæt he gelóme gefnése that he often sneezes, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 282, 27

ge-fnésan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fnésan, l. ge-fnesan; p. ge-fnæs,
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and add Ad sternutationem. Þis þá tylung tó þan manne þe wel gefnesan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 100, 9

Linked entry: fnésan

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