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Old English · noun

fann

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/fɑnn/
[fɑn]
Syllables
fɑnn (1 syllable)
Modern English
fanwinnowingimplement

Meaning

  1. fan (implement for winnowing grain)

    Hī habbað miċle hēafda ⁊ ēaran swā fann. Ōþer ēare hī him on niht underbredað, ⁊ mid ōðran hȳ wrēoð him. Beoð þa ēaran swīðe lēohte ⁊ him beoð ān līchoman swā hwīte swā meolc. ⁊ ġif hī hwylcne mann on þām landum ġesēoð oþðe onġytað, þonne nimað hī heora ēaran on hand ⁊ feorriað hī ⁊ flēoð, swā hrǣdlīċe swā is wēn þætte hī flēogen.

    They have great heads and ears like fans. They spread one ear under themselves at night, and wrap themselves in the other. The ears are very light and their bodies are as white as milk. And if they see or perceive anyone in those lands, they take their ears in their hands and go far and flee, so quickly one might think that they flew.

    Wonders of the East

Declension

Declension of fann
SingularPlural
Nominative fannfannafanne
Accusative fannefannafanne
Genitive fannefanna
Dative fannefannum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *βannu, *wannu (“winnowing fan”).

Descendants

fan

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