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[feunus] (s.xii1)
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[feunus] (s.xii1)

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fedunus,  founyse  
  FEW:  *feto *3,486b Gdf:  faonee 3,720c GdfC: ∅ TL: fëonos 3,1726 DEAF:  feon (feonos)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

(of animals) pregnant, heavy with young: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Les oeilles d'els fedunuses (Latin: oves eorum fetosae), abundanz en lur eissemenz  Oxf Ps ANTS 129.143.16
( MS: s.xiii2 )  fetam: founyse (Latin: [Apollo] fetam Pholoes sub rupe leaenam perculerat ferro vacuisque reliquerat antris ipsam, sed catulos adportat)  TLL ii 4

See also:

feun  feuner 
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