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þeáw-fæst

  • adjective
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þeáw-fæst, adj.
of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous
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  • Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: (

    Abraham

    ),
      161, 8; Gen. 2662.
  • Wunige hé mid þeáwfæstumm mannum

    maneat cum bene moratis hominibus,

      L. Ecg. P. i. 10; Th. ii. 176, 23.
gentle
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  • Sumum hé syleþ monna nlilde heortan, þeáwfæstne geþóht,

      Exon. Th. 299, 28; Crä. 109.
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v. un-þeáwfæst.
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  • þeáw-fæst, adj.