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hærfest

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hærfest, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§58; §339;
Harvest, autumn
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  • Hærfest

    autumnus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 95
      • ;
    • Som. 76, 9
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 23
      • .

  • Autumnus is hærfeste,

    • Lchdm. iii. 250, 11
      • .

  • Se hærfest welig on wæstmum

    the autumn rich in fruits,

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 40, 27 : 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 22
      • ;
    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 123
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 62
      • .

  • Hærfest

    æstatem,

    • Ps. Spl. 73, 18
      • .

  • Ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda ðæt is lencten and sumer and herfest and winter

    the change of the four seasons, that is spring and summer and autumn and winter,

    • Shrn. 168, 12
      • .

  • Ðæs ilcan hærfestes

    in the course of the same autumn,

    • Chr. 921
      • ;
    • Ed. 107, 13
      • .

  • Foran tó hærfestes emnihte

    ante æquinoctium autumnale,

    • L. Ecg. P. 11
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 208, 2
      • :
    • Th. Chart. 151, 11
      • .

  • On hærfæste

    in autumno,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 5
      • .

  • Ðis wæs on hærfest

    this was in autumn,

    • Chr. 918
      • ;
    • Erl. 104, 16
      • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. herueste autumpnus
:
Icel. haust; n. autumn
:
O. H. Ger. herbist; m. autumnus
:
Ger. herbst autumn
.]
Linked entries
v.  herfest.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hærfest.” 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/17934.

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