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Wright's OE grammar
§47; §62; §286; §331; §390;
Dele ' Andr. . . 483, ' and add:
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  • Oest, gifu

    gratia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 5
      • .

  • Ést

    munificentia,

    • 58, 18
      • .

  • Oeste

    devotione,

    • Rtl. 8, 25
      • .

  • Oest

    devotionem,

    • 15, 1:

    votum,

    • 169, 7
      • .

  • Oesto

    vota,

    • 29, 34
      • .
good pleasure, favour
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  • Sum him Metudes ést ofer eorðwelan ealne geceóseð,

    • Crä. 87
      • .

  • Þæt þæt heom on Godes ést

    (in accordance with God's good pleasure)

    góde men geúðon,

    • Wlfst. 159, 19
      • .

  • Eal þæt wé sceoldan on Godes ést gelǽstan

    all that according to the will of God we ought to do,

    • 92, 12
      • :
    • 103, 5
      • :
    • 172, 7
      • :
    • 181, 11
      • .

  • Dunn hafað ðás bóc gesald his wífe an Godes ést,

    • C. D. ii. 58, 21
      • .
where favour is shewn by gifts,
gracious, liberal gifts,
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cf. II.
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  • Ic eów góda gehwæs ést áhwette,

    • An. 339
      • .

  • Mé þis hildesceorp Hróðgár sealde, hét þæt ic his ǽrest þé ést gesægde

    (that I should describe to thee his gracious gift),

    cwæð þæt hyt hæfde Hiorogár cyning,

    • B. 2157
      • .

  • Hé him ést geteáh meara and mádma,

    • 2165.
luxuries (especially food)
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  • Ýsta

    diliciarum,

    • An. Ox. 11, 35
      • .

  • Ǽtlicum éstum

    edendis dapibus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 33
      • .

  • Gif wé willað becuman tó ðám éstum þæs écan gereordes,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 374, 8
      • .

  • Éstas

    delicias,

    • Kent. Gl. 1063
      • .

  • Hé sende him sanda and éstas, ac se cniht forseah þá sanda and drencas,

    • Hml. S. 35, 56.

  • Se fiscere ðá éstas him beforan legde þe hé him tó beódenne hæfde,

    • Ap. Th. 11, 25
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. este.
]
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v. æf-ést, éstum in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ést.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44239.

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