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ófost

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ófost, ófest, ófst, e; f.
Haste, speed
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  • Ófost is sélost tó gecýðanne hwanon eówer cyme sý

    the quicker you make known where you come from the better

    ,
      Beo. Th. 518; B. 256: 6007 ; B. 3007.
  • Ófest,

      Cd. Th. 196, 18; Exod. 293.
  • Ófst and hradung,

      R. Ben. 3, 11.
  • Swá hwylc preóst swá wyrne (refuses to baptize a man) for ófste his fóre

    qui*-*cunque presbyter festinandi itineris sui causa deneget

    ,
      L. Ecg. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 138, 21.
  • Se cnapa hit mid ófste gegearcode

    puer festinavit et coxit illum

    ,
      Gen. 18, 7.
  • Mid ófste (oefeste, Lind.)

    cum festinatione

    ,
      Mk. Skt. 6, 15 : Lk. Skt. l, 39 : Jn. Skt. ll, 31.
  • Wé secgaþ nú mid ófste ðás endebirdnisse, for ðan ðe wé oft habbaþ ymbe ðis áwriten,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 30.
  • Ðeós worald is on ófste

    this world is hurrying on (to its end ),

      Wulfst. 156, 5: Cd. Th. 191, 32; Exod. 223.
  • Beó ðú on ófeste

    hasten

    ,
      Beo. Th. 777; B. 386.
  • On ófoste,

      5487; B. 2747.
  • Þorh ófst

    per anticipationem

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 77.
  • Ófestum

    hastily

    ,
      Cd. Th. 140, 32; Gen. 2336.
  • Ófestum miclum,

      177, 15; Gen. 2930.
  • Ófstum,

      153, 8 ; Gen. 2535 : 161, 29 ; Gen. 2672.
Etymology
[Laym, ovest.]
Linked entries
v.  éfest ófest ófst.
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