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éfestan

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éfestan, l. efestan,
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intrans.
To hasten
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  • Efstan

    properare,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 17.
of movement
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  • Hwider síðast ðú bútan ðínum bearne? hwider efst ðú bútan ðínum diácone?,

      Hml. Th. i. 418, 1.

  • Swá efst fugel ut si avis festinet, Kent. Gl. 219. 'Oefesta (eofesta, R.) ádúne stíg' . . . And oefistade (eofestade, R.) ofstág ádúne

    'festinans descende'. . . et festinans descendit,

      Lk. L. 19, 5, 6.

  • Cuómon oefistande

    uenerunt festinantes,

      2, 16.

  • Hé férde efstende tó his discipulum,

      Bl. H. 249, 20.
referring to rapid passage of time
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  • Ǽlc fægernes tó ende efsteþ,

      Bl. H. 57, 28.

  • Þes middangeard tó ende efsteþ,

      59, 26.

  • Ætwesan efestaþ tída

    adesse festinant tempora,

      Cant. M. ad. fil. 35.

  • Hé geseah his ágen líf dæghwámlíce tó þám ende efstan and scyndan,

      Guth. 14, 25.
of prompt action, exertion
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  • Líg efesteð hú hé synfullum súsle gefremede

    flamma festinans scelerum ulciscere causas,

      Dóm. L. 152.

  • Tó gefultumiende mé oefeste (

    festina

    ),
      Ps. Srt. 69, 2.

  • Oefestig,

      Rtl. 175, 3.

  • Efste (eftsf, MS.)

    contendat,

      Kent. Gl. 1160: An. Ox. 27, 11.

  • Utan samod efestan

    concurramus, i. certemus,

    1333.

  • Oefistia

    festinare,

      Rtl. 96, 7.

  • Þé gedafenað tó efestenne ꝥ þú mé þíne trýwa gehealde,

      Hml. S. 30, 124.

  • Tó ðǽm heistum ibodum oefistende

    ad altiora festinans,

      Mt. p. 9, 17.
trans.
with gen. To strive after, endeavour to do, undertake
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  • Þá gódan weorc wé ánforlátaþ . . . Uton wé nú efstan ealle mægene gódra weorca, and geornfulle beón Godes miltsa,

      Bl. H. 109, 9.

  • Ic náht gehýðes hæbbe þis weorc tó begangenne, ne ic efstan ne mæg swá myccles síðfætes hider tó bringanne

    I have nothing convenient for doing this work, and I cannot undertake such a long journey to bring tools hither,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 784.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “éfestan.” 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/43814.

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