† fanikinn.
Etymology: < Middle Dutch vaneken (Flemish vaenken , Kilian), diminutive of vane (now vaan ): see fane n.1 and -kin suffix.
Obsolete.
rare.
society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > small
1539 in R. Pitcairn I. *298 Fanikynnis, Ansenȝeis, stramaris, and banaris.
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