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Wright's OE grammar
§647;
Dele passage under I, and add:
to fix,
to place in security
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  • Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • P. 88, 4.

  • Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle,

    • 896
      • ;
    • P. 89, 22.

  • Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund líge befæsted, árleásra sceolu in gléda gripe,

      El. 1300.
of burial. v. II.
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  • Líchaman on eorðan befæstan,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 781, 786.
to fix in the mind, implant
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  • Ðæt ðú ðone wísdóm ðe ðé God sealde ðǽr, ðǽr ðú hiene befæstan mæge, befæste,

      Past. 5, 4.

  • Eallum óþrum mannum þú mihtest þín unriht befæstan,

      Bl. H. 175, 28.
to fix by promise or agreement, to pledge
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  • Hé wrát his handgewrit þám deófle and him mannrǽdene befæste,

      Hml. Th. i. 448, 15.

  • Bifæsted him wíf

    desponsata sibi uxor,

      Lk. R. 2, 5.
to commit
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  • Ic befæste

    committo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 6.

  • Tó befæstenne

    committenda,

      23, 76.
to commit to a person's charge
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  • Hym ic mé befæste,

      Shrn. 189, 33.

  • An þíne handa ic befæste (commendo) míne sáwle,

      Ps. Th. 30, 5.

  • Þás sceáp þú mé befæsttest,

      Bl. H. 191, 25.

  • Þæt hé befæste þæt pund, þe him God befæste, sumum óðrum men,

      Ǽlfc. Gr. 2, 2, 26.

  • Ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðára ne giémen ðe him befæste sién

    ut a commissorum custodia minime torpescant,

      Past. 191, 24.
where purpose of committing is given
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  • Hé befæste þá burg Æþeréde tó haldonne,

    • Chr. 886
      • ;
    • P. 80, 13.

  • Manega befæstan heora cild tó láre þám sóðfæstan bydele,

      Hml. S. 22, 64.

  • Gif hwylc wile his lytlingas hiom tó láre befæstan,

      Ll. Th. ii. 414, 9.
to commit to a place
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  • Befæste

    tradidit (orci faucibus ),

      An. Ox. 839.

  • Ꝥ man mid sealmsange ꝥ líc eorðan befæste

    ut cum psalmorum cantu corpus terrae committatur,

      Ll.Th. ii. 184, 7.

  • Hí woldón þǽre byrgene hine befæstan (tradere),

      Gr. D. 154, 23.
to set, betake to an occupation
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  • His dohtor befæste se fæder tó láre, ꝥ heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen,

      Hml. S. 2, 19.
to commend, recommend,
implying appeal
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  • Sum man wæs hine sylfne befæstende tó his gebedum

    quidam se eius orationibus commendans,

      Gr. D. 203, 4.
to make acceptable
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  • Se ofermete ne befæsð ús nǽfre Gode

    esca nos non commendat Deo,

      Past. 317, 19.

  • Befæste hé mid his lífes bisenum ðá láre ðǽm ðe his wordum ne geliéfen

    quod a non quaerente suscipitur, vita commendet,

      25, 1.
to trust
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  • Befæstyd

    creditus,

      Ps. Spl. C. 77, 11.

  • Befæst

    credatur,

      An. Ox. 1711.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-fæstan.” 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/39721.

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