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fénix

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fénix, es; m.
the fabulous bird phœnix = φoινιξ
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  • Fénix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre þeóde, se leofaþ fíf hund geára, and æfter deáþe eft aríst ge-edcucod, and se fugel getácnaþ úrne æríst on ðam endenéhstan dæge

    phœnix, so a bird in Arabia is called, which lives five hundred years, and after death rises again re-quickened, and the bird betokens our resurrection at the last day,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64
      • ;
    • Som. 13, 56-58.

  • Se fugel se is fénix háten

    the bird which is called phœnix,

    • Exon. 57 a
      • ;
    • Th. 203, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 86.

  • Fénix byrneþ

    phœnix burns,

    • 59 a
      • ;
    • Th. 213, 2
      • ;
    • Ph. 218: 60 b
      • ;
    • Th. 221, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 340.
a genus of palms, the date tree or date palm; phœnix dactylĭfĕra
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  • Ðǽr he heánne beám wunaþ ðone hátaþ men fénix, of ðæs fugles noman

    there it inhabits a lofty tree, which men call phœnix, from the bird's name,

    • Exon. 58 a
      • ;
    • Th. 209, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 174.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fénix.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10310.

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