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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/faulenzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
faulenzen
Friedrich Kluge2508171An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — faulenzen1891John Francis Davis

faulenzen, vb. ‘to be lazy,’ from late MidHG. vûletzen, ‘to be rotten,’ an intensive derivative of faul; comp. blißen, seufzen.