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fel-tún

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fel-tún, es; m.
An enclosed place, garden, privy, dunghill; secessus, latrīna, sterquĭlīnium
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  • Se wisdóm and óðre cræftas licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox under feltúne

    wisdom and other virtues lie despised like dirt on a dunghill,

    • Bt. 36, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 172, 11.
  • In feltún

    in secessu,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 17: Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 29.
  • In feltúne oððe mixen

    in sterquĭlīnium,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 35.
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  • fel-tún, n.