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fæste

  • adverb
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fæste, feste; comp. fæstor; adv.
fast, firmly; fixe, firme
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  • Sceát he mid his spere ðæt hit sticodefæste on ðam hearge

    he shot with his spear that it stuck fast in the temple,

    • Bd. 2,
    • 13;
    • S. 517,
    • 12.
  • Cd. 8; Th. 10,

    • 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 156: Jos. 6,
    • 1.
  • Swíðe fæste tosomne gelímed

    very firmly cemented together,

    • Bt. 35,
    • 2;
    • Fox 156, 35: Exon. 22 a
    • ;
    • Th. 61,
    • 5;
    • Cri. 980
    • .
  • He heóld hyne fæstor

    he held him more firmly,

    • Beo. Th. 288
    • ;
    • B. 143
    • .
fastly, quickly; cĕlĕrĭter
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  • Fæste geþúfe

    cĕlĕrĭter frŭtĭcans, luxŭrians,

    • Cot. 123: 198
    • .
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v.  feste.
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  • fæste, adv.