FÆST
- adjective
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Ealle mǽst steorran syndfæste on ðam fimamentum
almost all stars are fixed in the firmament,
- Bd. de nat. rerum ;
- Wrt. popl. science 15, 26;
- Lchdm. iii. 268, 23: Andr. Kmbl. 2983 ;
- An. 1494 .
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Fæste móde
fixa mente,
- Bd. 4, 3;
- S. 569, 14;
- Exon. 8 a ;
- Th. 1, 10;
- Cri. 6 .
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Se wille fæst hús timbrian
he will build a firm house,
- Bt. 12 ;
- Fox 36, 7, 10 Cd. 151 ;
- Th. 189, 1;
- Exod. 178 .
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Mid fæstum geleáfan
with firm faith,
- Boutr. Scrd. 20, 27: Cd. 21 ;
- Th. 26, 17;
- Gen. 408 .
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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum stówum
this herb is produced on solid places,
- Herb. 20, 1;
- Lchdm. i. 114, 12: 45, 1;
- Lchdm. i. 148, 5.
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On fæstum landum
on stiff lands,
- 36, 1;
- Lchdm. i. 134, 18.
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On ðam weorce fæste
in ŏpĕre isto constantes,
- Jos. 9, 27.
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Seó burh wæs fæst
the city was fortified,
- Bd. 3, 16;
- S. 542, 19.
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Micle burga óþ heofun fæste
urbes magnæ ad cælum usque mūnītæ,
- Deut. 1, 28.
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Fæst innoþ
restricta alvus,
- Herb. 1, 12;
- Lchdm. i. 74, 11.
Bosworth, Joseph. “FÆST.” 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/10005.
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