Fen-ýce
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fen-ýce
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fen-ýce
- Substitute: fen-ýce, -úce, an; f. A snail (?), tortoise (?):--Fænúcæ testudo (cf. limax snægl, testudo gehúsed snægl, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 5; lumbricus rénwyrm, chelio, testudo sǽsnǽl, 32), Txts. 100, 997. Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra, regnwyrm, and fenýce fóre hreðre lumbricus et limax et tarda testudo palustris me vincunt certamine currus (Ald. 272, 2), Rä. 41, 70. fen-yce