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fæsten

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§58; §259; §358; §600;
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abstinence from food
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  • Fæsten, behæfednes (q. v.)

    parsimonia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 26
    • .
  • Fæstern

    jejunium,

    • Mk. p. 1, 16.
a fast on grounds of health.
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v. dæg-fæsten; fæstan, I a.
a fast as ecclesiastical discipline
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  • Hié gulpun hiera fæstennes (-enes, v. l.),

    • Past. 313, 1
    • .
  • Gif hwá for his untrumnysse ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg . . . him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæstan álýsan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 220, 26.
  • Man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde . . . tó Philippi et Jacobi mæssan wé ne beódað nán fæsten . . . ǽlces Frigedæges fæsten,

    • Wlfst. 117, 8-13
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  • Gif hí þæt fæsten rihtlíce ne gefæstan . . . gyf hé þæt fæsten ábrece,

    • 172, 1-2
    • .
  • Fæstinum

    jejuniis,

    • Rtl. 8, 17
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  • Heó lufude fæstenu,

    • Hml. Th. i. 148, 1.
  • Fæsten dreógan

    to do penance (?), suffer scarcity (?):

    Þæs fæsten dreáh fela missera Egypta folc, þæs þe hié wyrnan þóhton Móyses mágum síðes

    for many a year the Egyptians did penance (?), suffered scarcity (?), because they thought to refuse the Israelites leave to depart,

    • Exod. 49
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fasten; sb.
Cf. O. Sax. fastunnia; f.
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Goth. fastubni; n.
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  • fæsten, n.