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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Firn

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Firn
Friedrich Kluge2508229An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — Firn1891John Francis Davis

Firn, Firne, m., ‘snow of the preceding year or years, glacier,’ prop. an adjectival subst. in the sense of ‘old snow,’ first recorded in the last century; see the preceding word. —