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æf-ést

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.
Wright's OE grammar
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in a bad sense
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  • Se dierna æfst.

    • Past. 79, 13
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  • Be ðám is áwriten ðætte ðis fiǽsclice líf sié ǽfesð

    invidia

    • 235, 13
      • .

  • For ðæs æfstes scylde

    per livoris vitium

    • 237, i
      • .

  • Æfestes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 12
      • .

  • Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste,

    • Bl. H. 25, 7
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  • Mid ðám þyccylum ðǽre æfæste

    invidiae

    • Gr. D. 117, 28
      • :
    • 118, 2
      • .

  • Æfstu,

    • Ps. Th. 69, 4
      • .

  • Hié hié nyllað healdan wið ðǽm æfste

    (livore)

    . . . for ðæs lytegan fióndes æfeste

    (invidia)

    deáð becóme ofer eorðan,

    • Past. 233, 17-19
      • .

  • Áweorpan ðone æfst,

    • 25
      • .

  • Hié him æfest tó genáman

    they became envious of him

    • Bl. H. 7, ll
      • .

  • Æfeste

    ánforlǽtan,

    • Gú. 158
      • :
    • Fä. 36
      • .

  • Æfest

    invidiam

    • Mt. p. I, 10
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  • Þurh æfeste (æfist, L.)

    • Mt. R. 27, 18
      • :
    • Mk. R. 15, 10
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  • Níð and æfesta

    odium et invidiae

    • Ll. Th. ii. 174, 32
      • .

  • Æfisto

    invidias

    • Rtl. 25, 25
      • .
in a good sense, zeal
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  • Be gódum æfste

    (zelo)

    ðe munecas habban sceolon,

    • R. Ben. 131, II
      • .

  • Elnung ł æfista húses ðines

    zelus domus tuae

    • Jn. R. 2, 17
      • .
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “æf-ést.” 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/37644.

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  • æf-ést, n.

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