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lǽstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lǽstan, p. te.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §259;
to follow, attend, accompany, do suit and service
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  • Sóna ða beótunge dǽdum lǽstan

    neque segnius minas effectibus prosequuntur,

    • Bd. 1, 15
    • ;
    • S. 483, 39, MS. C
    • .
  • Allum ðám ðe him lǽstan woldon

    with all those who would follow him,

    • Chr. 874
    • ;
    • Erl. 76, 31
    • .
  • Gif hí leódfruman lǽstan dorsten,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 54
    • ;
    • Met. 1, 27
    • .
  • Him se líchoma lǽstan nolde

    the body would not do him service [of Grendel powerless in the grasp of Beowulf],

    • Beo. Th. 1629
    • ;
    • B. 812
    • .
to do, perform, observe, carry out, execute, discharge [a debt or duty
]
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  • Ic lufan symle lǽste wið eówic

    I will ever love you,

    • Exon. 14 b
    • ;
    • Th. 30, 10
    • ;
    • Cri. 471.
  • Gif hé lǽst mína lára

    if he does my teachings,

    • Cd. 29
    • ;
    • Th. 39, 3
    • ;
    • Gen. 619
    • .
  • Ðenden ðú míne láre lǽstest,

    • 99
    • ;
    • Th. 130, 32
    • ;
    • Gen. 2169
    • .
  • Lǽstes,

    • 27
    • ;
    • Th. 36, 15
    • ;
    • Gen. 572
    • .
  • Forðon hé ða godspellícan bebode heóld and lǽste

    quod evangelica præcepta servaret,

    • Bd. 3, 22
    • ;
    • S. 553, 23
    • :
    • 4, 25
    • ;
    • S. 600, 20
    • .
  • Ðæt hí ða ungewerigadre geornfullnysse fylidon and lǽston

    ut instituta indefessa instantia sequerentur,

    • 4, 3
    • ;
    • S. 568, 15
    • .
  • Ðæt mid dǽdum lǽston ða ðe hí ongitan mih ton

    ut ea quæ intelligere poterant, operando sequerentur,

    • 4, 27
    • ;
    • S. 604, 18
    • .
  • Wé sóðfæstes swaðe folgodon, lǽston lárcwide,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1347
    • ;
    • An. 674
    • .
  • Lǽstun,

    • Exon. 25 b
    • ;
    • Th. 75, 21
    • ;
    • Cri. 1225
    • .
  • Bibeád ic eów ... earge gé ðæt lǽstun

    my command was ... ill have ye performed it,

    • 30 a
    • ;
    • Th. 92, 3
    • ;
    • Cri. 1503
    • .
  • Leófa Beówulf lǽst eall tela,

    • Beo. Th. 5320
    • ;
    • B. 2662
    • :
    • Cd. 106
    • ;
    • Th. 139, 4
    • ;
    • Gen. 2304
    • .
  • Lǽste ðú georne his ambyhto

    do diligently his messages,

    • 25
    • ;
    • Th. 33, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 517
    • .
  • Ðú lǽstan scealt ðæt his bodan bringaþ,

    • Th. 32, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 509
    • .
  • Geongordóm lǽstan,

    • 30
    • ;
    • Th. 41, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 663
    • .
  • Gif ðú wilt his wordum hýran and his bebodu lǽstan

    if thou wilt hear his words, and do his commands,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 1
    • :
    • Exon. 45 a
    • ;
    • Th. 152, 28
    • ;
    • Gú. 815
    • .

    [Ic an six marc silures and ðat schal Godríc míne bróðer lésten (pay ),

    • Chart. Th. 566, 23, 31
    • .]
to continue, last
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  • Ðonne him dagas lǽstun

    in their life-time,

    • Exon. 26 b
    • ;
    • Th. 79, 12
    • ;
    • Cri. 1289
    • . [Ðætt]
Etymology
[
Gen. and Ex. lesten to perform
:
Orm. lasstenn to last
:
Laym. læsteþ lasts
:
O. E. Homl. lasteþ
:
A. R. lesteþ
:
Marh. leasteþ
:
Mand. laste to perform
:
Goth. laistjan to follow
:
O. Sax. léstian to do, perform
:
O. Frs. lásta, lésta, to do, perform, pay
:
O. H. Ger. leistan reddere
:
Ger. leisten.
]
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