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FÆSL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FÆSL, es; m?
n? Offspring, progeny; fētus, prōles, sŭbŏles
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  • Ðǽr sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces

    there shall be offspring of every living kind,

    • Cd. 65
    • ;
    • Th. 79,
    • 13;
    • Gen. 1310: 67
    • ;
    • Th. 80,
    • 17;
    • Gen. 1330
    • .
  • To fæsle

    for progeny,

    • 67
    • ;
    • Th. 82,
    • 8;
    • Gen. 1359
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. fasel sŭbŏles:
Dut. Kil. fasel, vasel fētus in ŭtĕro:
Ger. fasel, m. fētus, sŭbŏles:
M. H. Ger. vasel,n. fētus:
O. H. Ger. fasal, f. fētus:
Icel. fösull, m. a brood
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