Fnæst
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fnæst
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fnæst
- l. fnǽst, dele last passage and bracket, and add: (1) breath of living creatures :-- Orþes, fnǽstes spiritus (draconis). An. Ox. 2452. Fnǽste; anhelitu, i. suspirio, 2050. Deóres fuǽstum bestiae flatibus, 2472. (2) blast of frost, fire :-- Ne forstes fnǽst, ne fýres blǽst, Ph. 15. [Wel neȝ hire (the owl's ) fnast atschet, O. and N. 44.]