a-mæstan
- verb [ weak ]
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Mára ic eom and fættra ðonne amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda
I am larger and fatter than a fattened swine, a barrow-pig grunting in the beech-woods,
- Exon. 111b; Th. 428, 9 ;
- Rä. 41, 105 .
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Sáwl ðe wel spricþ, hió biþ amæst
a soul that speakelh well, she shall be fattened.
- Past. 49, 2 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “a-mæstan.” 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/1552.
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