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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/faseln

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
faseln
Friedrich Kluge2508162An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — faseln1891John Francis Davis

faseln, vb., ‘to talk irrationally,’ only in ModHG., a derivative of OHG. fasôn, ‘to track, seek here and there’; but the latter word is probably not from the root fas in Faser.