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Femʹynye (3 syl.)

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A mediæval name for the kingdom of the Amʹazons. Gower terms Penthesileʹaqueen of Feminee.”

“He [Thessus] conquered al the regne of Femynye.”


Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, 868.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fehm-gericht
Felician (Father)
Felix
Felixmarte
Fell (Dr.)
Fellow Commoner
Felo de Se
Feme-covert
Feme-sole
Femme de Chambre. (French.)
Femynye
Fen Nightingale
Fence Month
Fenchurch Street (London)
Fencible Regiments
Fenella
Fenians
Fennel
Fenrir or Fenris
Fenton
Feræ Naturæ