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a-fæstnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-fæstnian, p. ode; pp. od
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To fix, fasten or make firm, to strengthen, fortify, confirm, betroth, espouse, inscribe; munire, firmare, consignare libris, infigere
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  • Ðæt we hí móton afæstnian on ðé

    that we may fix them [our eyes] on thee,

    • Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132,31
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 525
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    • Met. 20, 263
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  • afæstaod wæs feld-húsa mǽst

    how that greatest of field-houses was fastened.

    • Cd. 146; Th. 183, 2
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    • Exod. 85: 173
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    • Th. 218, 17
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    • Dan. 40
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  • Ðe he on fíf bócum afæstnode

    which he inscribed in five books,

    • Hexam. 1; Norm. 2, 18
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    • Deut. 32, 23
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  • Afæstnod ic eom

    injixus sum,

    • Ps. Spl. 68, 2
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v.  a-festnian.
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