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hærfest

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hærfest, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§58; §339;
Harvest, autumn
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  • Hærfest

    autumnus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 76, 9; Wrt. Voc. 53, 23.
  • Autumnus is hærfeste,

      Lchdm. iii. 250, 11.
  • Se hærfest welig on wæstmum

    the autumn rich in fruits,

      Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 27 : 21; Fox 74, 22; Bt. Met. Fox 29, 123; Met. 29, 62.
  • Hærfest

    æstatem,

      Ps. Spl. 73, 18.
  • Ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda ðæt is lencten and sumer and herfest and winter

    the change of the four seasons, that is spring and summer and autumn and winter,

      Shrn. 168, 12.
  • Ðæs ilcan hærfestes

    in the course of the same autumn,

      Chr. 921; Ed. 107, 13.
  • Foran tó hærfestes emnihte

    ante æquinoctium autumnale,

      L. Ecg. P. 11; Th. ii. 208, 2 : Th. Chart. 151, 11.
  • On hærfæste

    in autumno,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 5.
  • Ðis wæs on hærfest

    this was in autumn,

      Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 16.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. herueste autumpnus : Icel. haust; n. autumn : O. H. Ger. herbist; m. autumnus : Ger. herbst autumn.]
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v.  herfest.
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