hæftnung
- noun [ feminine ]
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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.
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On hæftnunge
in captivity,
- 86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11.
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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.
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Dón on hæftnunge
to put into confinement, imprison,
- 1087; Erl. 225, 36.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hæftnung.” 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/17866.
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