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fæsting

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
fæsting, e; f.
An entrusting, act of confidence; commendātio
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  • Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan óþfæste, and he hine on ðære fæstinge forferie

    if any one commit his infant to another's keeping, and he die during such keeping,

    • L. Alf. pol. 17
    • ;
    • Th. i. 72,
    • 5.
Derived forms
be-fæsting
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v.  be-fæsting rǽde-fæsting fæsting-men.
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  • fæsting, n.