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be-fæstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-fæstan, bi-fæstan; p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted.
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
to fasten, make fast, fix; infigere
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  • Biþ se þridda dǽl líge befæsted, in gléda grípe

    the third part shall be fastened in fire, into the gripe of flames,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2598
    • ;
    • El. 1300
    • .
to establish; fundare, firmare
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  • Wæs se bisceophád fægere befæsted

    the bishopric was fairly established,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2423
    • ;
    • El. 1213
    • .
to commend, recommend, commit, deliver, put in trust, entrust; commendare, tradere, committere
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  • He his geféran his freóndum wæs befæstende

    socios amicis suis commendavit,

    • Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 38
    • .
  • Ic him befæsted wæs

    I was entrusted to him,

    • 5, 6; S. 618, 37
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 30, 5
    • .
  • Hyt gebyrede ðæt ðú befæstest feoh myneterum

    oportuit te committere pecuniam numulariis,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 27
    • :
    • L. C. S. 28; Th. i. 392, 10
    • .
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v.  be-feastnian bi-fæstan.
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