[I]nnumerable popingayes of ſundry kindes are found chattering in the groues of thoſe fenny places.
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Fenny
//ˈfɛni//
Synonyms for "fenny" (39 found)
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17 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- блатист adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
- мочурлив adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Finnish
2 entries- letto adj (growing or living in a fen)
- lettoinen adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
German
2 entries- Moor adj (growing or living in a fen)
- moorig adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Irish
1 entries- riascánta adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Latin
1 entries- palūdōsus adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Macedonian
2 entries- мо́чурлив adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
- мочу́риштен adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Middle English
2 entries- fenni adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
- fenny adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Old English
2 entries- fenlīċ adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
- fenniġ adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Russian
3 entries- боло́тистый adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
- боло́тный adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
- то́пкий adj (characteristic of or resembling a fen; of land: containing a fen or fens — see also marshy, swampy)
Sample sentences
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[F]or ſo many faire and Nauigable Riuers ſo neere adioyning, and piercing thorovv ſo faire a naturall Land, free from any inundations, or large Fenny vnvvholſome Marſhes, I haue not ſeene, read, nor heard of: […]
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Elephant. Elephantus. […] Their differences are according to place; ſo ſome live in fenny places, ſome on mountaines, ſome in fields, others in vvoods, &c.
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It is a custom with the northern lovers to divert themselves with a song whilst they journey through the fenny moors to pay a visit to their mistresses.
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