Fant

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fant

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: font, es; Related words: fant-fæt, fant-wæter, font-wæter. fant

Definitions

1 fant

m. Fountain, spring; fons, tis, m; pure water, that which holds pure or holy water, The font for baptism; baptistērium = βαπτιστήριoν :-- Ne dó man nǽnne ele to ðam fante let no one put any oil into the font, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 35; Wilk. 159, 32.

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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