Finta

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

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finta

m. I. a tail; cauda :-- Ðonne is se finta fægre gedǽled then is the tail [of the phoenix] beautifully divided, Exon. 60a; Th. 218, 15; Ph. 295. II. what follows, a sequel, the consequenceof an action; consĕquentia :-- Ðonne he ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ when he sees the consequence of treachery, Exon. 83b; Th. 315, 17; Mód. 32: Exon. 74b; Th. 278, 31; Jul. 606. finta