dæg-fæsten
- noun [ neuter ]
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Is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ðæt mon mid ðý ða wambe clǽnsige, ðæt hió ðý ðe leóhtre sié
the first remedy is a day's fast, that, with that, a man may cleanse the stomach, that it may be the lighter,
- L. M. 2, 25;
- Lchdm. ii. 216, 25.
Bosworth, Joseph. “dæg-fæsten.” 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/7332.
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