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facian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
facian, fácian; p. ode.
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trans.
To wish for, desire to obtain
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  • Pirrus him for þám swíþost fylste þe hé him selfum fácode Mæcedonia anweald

    Pyrrhus helped them chiefly for the reason that he wanted the kingdom of Macedonia for himself;

    his se Pyrrhus jungit, sperans Demetrium Macedonia posse depelli,

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 152, 7
    • .
intrans.
To arrive at a point (?), reach
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  • Andlanges þæs ealdan mylegeares oð hit fácað on þǽm ífihtan æsce

    (until the boundary reaches (?) the ivy-clad ash-tree),

    • C. D. B. ii. 305, 27
    • .
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. fíkjask á to desire, be eager for; fíkinn greedy.
]
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v. fǽcan.
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