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fanc (s.xii1)
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fanc (s.xii1)

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faunc;  fenge  
  FEW:  fani 15/ii,109a Gdf:  fanc 3,717b GdfC: ∅ TL: fanc 3,1624 DEAF:  fanc F104 DMF:  fanc  TLF: ∅ OED:  fanc n.  MED:  fanc n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1mud, mire, dirt: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Oste mei del fanc, que je ne seie enfichied; delivre mei de ceals ki haïrent mei, e des parfundeces des ewes  Camb Ps 118.LXVIII.17
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Runt l’enseigne [...] Puis la fulat enz al fanc a ses pez  Ch Guill 274
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  La mer la (=land round the Red Sea) demoist cum fanc  Pet Phil 1578
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Ceo (=a medical recipe) amende mout le oir e estaunche la fenge que decourt  Receptaria 15.57
2geog.marsh, bog: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Launcelee (=ribwort) que crest el faunc  Pop Med 175.825
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