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  1. noun Low, flat, swampy land; a bog or marsh.

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  • The barbarian squatted on a little hummock of high ground overlooking the fen, his sword jammed into a large, moldy-looking log some short distance away. —  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
  • He was standing The Conquering Sword of Conan alone among the high reeds of a marshy fen, and a buffalo was lunging at him, head down. —  The Conquering Sword of Conan
  • He was standing alone among the high reeds of a marshy fen, and a buffalo was lunging at him, head down. —  The Conan Chronicles
  • GUPTA: At No. 11 is phen-fen, the so-called magic weight loss pill. —  CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2005
  • "Some will," he replied; "but the fen will be a regular lake till the sea-bank has been mended. —  Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English fenn.

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  1. from Middle English fen, fenne, a fen, marsh, bog, mud, from Anglo-Saxon fen, fenn, rarely spelled fæn, fænn, a fen, marsh, bog, mud, = OFries. fenne, fene = Dutch veen = OHG.fenni, German fenne = Icelandic fen, a fen, bog, = Gothic (Moesogothic) fani, mud. Perhaps akin to Greek πίνος dirt, filth; or to Greek πηλός = Latin pālus, a marsh: see pool.
  2. A corruption of fend .
  3. Middle English, from Arabic fenn, art.
 

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