weall-fæsten
- noun [ neuter ]
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Ða gesceádaþ ðæt land westan and eástan óð ðæt weallfæsten,
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 86, 27.
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Hé ongan ceastre timbran, ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest,
- Cd. Th. 64, 31; Gen. 1058.
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Forhwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his ?
quid deposuisti maceriam ejus?
- Ps. Th. 79, 12.
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Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston,
- Cd. Th. 208, 14; Exod. 483.
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Wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten (
erat aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et laeva,
- Ex. 14, 22), 195, 27; Exod. 283.
Bosworth, Joseph. “weall-fæsten.” 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/34795.
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