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ár-fæst

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§11; §426; §627;
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pious, righteous, honourable
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  • Árfæst

    pius,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 67.
  • Wearð Nerua, swíðe árfæst man, tó cásere gecoren,

      Hml. Th. i. 60, 6.
  • Mid árfæsððes (-fæstes, v. l.) ingeðonces láre

    pia intentione,

      Past. 167, 7.
merciful, gracious, clement
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  • Þæt hé híwige swylce hé árfæst sý,

      Wlfst. 59, 19.
  • Gif Drihten ús árfæst (

    propitius

    ) bið,
      Num. 14, 8.
  • Þú ǽrfæstosta Hǽlend,

      Angl. xi. 114, 75.
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  • ár-fæst, adj.