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FANA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FANA, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §401;
A standard, flag, VANE; vexillum
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  • Fana hwearfode, scír on sceafte

    the standard waved, bright on the shaft,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1,
    • 20;
    • Met. 1, 10: Cd. 155
    • ;
    • Th. 193,
    • 18;
    • Exod. 248
    • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. fane a vane:
Plat. fane, f:
O. Sax. fano , m:
O. Frs. fona , fana , m:
Dut. vaan , f:
Ger. fane , fahne , f:
M. H. Ger. vane , van , m:
O. H. Ger. fano , m:
Goth. fana , m:
Dan. fane , m. f:
Swed. fana, f:
Icel. fáni, m:
Lat. pannus, m:
Grk. πηνos, m
.]
Derived forms
gúþ-fana
Linked entries
v.  fæna fanu fona.
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  • FANA, n.