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Wright's OE grammar
§5; §56; §528; §530;
to fast.
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in a general sense.
absolute,
to abstain from food
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  • Hé fæste feówurtig daga,

    • Mt. 4, 2
      • :
    • Sat. 667
      • .

  • Fæstte,

    • Bl. H. 27, 24, 29
      • .

  • Móyses and Hélias fæston,

    • Guth. 32, 2
      • .

  • Fæstende

    jejunius,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 44
      • .
to abstain.
with gen.
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  • Ðæt hié selfe ne fæsten ðæs hláfes ryhtwísnesse

    ne ipsi remaneant a justitiae pane jejuni,

    • Past. 137, 25
      • .

  • Þonne hié woldon sylfe firene fæstan

    (abstain from sin),

    • Dan. 592.
with prep.
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  • Þá fram middangeardes gyrninge fæstað

    qui a mundi ambitione jejunant,

    • Scint. 53, 18
      • .

  • Hé fæste fram eallum bigleofum,

    • Wlfst. 285, 24.
to fastas a remedy:
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  • Gif sió ádl sié weaxende, fæste .ii. dagas tógædere,

    • Lch. ii. 218, 1
      • .
to fast as a matter of ecclesiastical discipline.
absolute
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  • Ic fæste tuwa on wican,

    • Past. 313, 6
      • .

  • Ná Gode ac him sylfum gehwylc fæst

    (jejunat),

    • Scint. 53, 9
      • .

  • Ðonne wé fæstað oððe ælmessan sellaþ,

    • Bt. 41, 2
      • ;
    • F. 246, 22
      • .

  • Hwí fæste wé . . . sóðlíce þíne leorningcnihtas ne fæstað,

    • Mt. 9, 14.

  • Fæstest þú on foldan,

    • Seel. 144
      • .

  • Fæst tó nónes, and forgang hwít,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 132, 4
      • .

  • Sé ðe fæstan wille, ne tǽle hé nó ðone ðe ete,

    • Past. 311, 24
      • .

  • Ðá dagas syndon rihtlice tó fæstenne,

    • Shrn. 80, 2.
with cognate acc.
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  • Stuntlíce fæst sé lenctenlic fæsten, sé ðe hine sylfne mid gálnysse befýlð,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 100, 16
      • :
    • Wlfst. 285, 31
      • .

  • Þæt fæsten þe þá Ninivete fæston, fæstað þá,

    • 227, 29
      • .

  • Fæstað eówer lenctenfæsten tó nónes,

    • 136, 16
      • .
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v. un-fæstende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/44424.

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