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fuin2 (s.xii1)
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fuin2 (s.xii1)

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feuins,  foin  
  FEW:  focus 3,654b Gdf:  fuin 4,176c GdfC: ∅ TL: föin 3,1985 DEAF:  feu (foïn)  DMF:  foiun  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

colourfiery, flame-coloured: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Calcedonie, ki est foin, Mustre que od Deu serum veisin  Best ants 2985
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Fuins li tuens parlemenz (Latin: Ignitum eloquium tuum)  Oxf Ps ANTS 119.118.140
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Li tierz (=of nine suns) sanglanz estoit, Dedenz reflamblissoit, Feuins (var. Fenins), espoentables  Sibile 103
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Ceste (= the moon) ad le cors tut rund en fin, E par nature tut fuin  Pet Phil 1812

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feu1 
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