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hæftnung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hæftnung, e; f.
Captivity, fastening, confinement
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  • Hé hine gewráþ gelomlíce ac hine sic mihte nánes cynnés hæftnung gehealdan

    he often bound him, but no kind of fastening could hold him,

      Homl. Th. ii. 358, 20.
  • On hæftnunge

    in captivity,

      86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11.
  • Ǽr hé forðférde hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron

    ere he departed he ordered that all those men who were in confinement should be released,

      Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 39.
  • Dón on hæftnunge

    to put into confinement, imprison,

      1087; Erl. 225, 36.
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