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fæstlíce

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Cf. fæste; I
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  • Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíþe fæstlíce ꝥ heó ne helt on náne healfe,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 130, 36
      • .

  • Hié þá ingehygd heora heortan ful fæstlíce on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon,

    • Bl. H. 135, 29
      • :
    • Jul. 270
      • :
    • El. 427
      • :
    • Hy. 4, 37
      • .

  • Him man swýðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce,

    • Chr. 1001
      • ;
    • P. 133, 19
      • .

  • Þe fæstlícor þǽm wergan gáste wiþstondan,

    • Bl. H. 135, 10
      • .
expressing firmness of purpose.
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  • Hié swíþe fæstlíce hié sylfe tó Crístes lufan gecyrdon,

    • Bl. H. 173, 14
      • .

  • Synna fæstlíce geswícan,

    • 193, 22
      • .
expressing vigorous action, thoroughness.
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  • Hí þǽr fæstlíce feohtende wǽron,

    • Ch. 1001
      • ;
    • P. 133, 18
      • :
    • By. 254
      • .

  • Festlíce,

    • Chr. 994
      • ;
    • P. 12 7, 33
      • .

  • Hí tógædere feastlíce féngon,

    • 1004
      • ;
    • P. 135, 35
      • :
    • S. 25, 489
      • .

  • Fæstlíce geflítan and gewinnan,

    • Bl. H. 173, 2
      • .

  • Fæstlíce werian,

    • By. 82
      • .

  • Ic fæstlíce fyrenwyrcende elnode

    zelavi in peccatoribus,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 2
      • .

  • Hé fæstlíce ealle þá costunga of his líchaman ádrígde

    omni carnis tentatione funditus caruit,

    • Gr. D. 190, 23
      • .

  • Ic þín wundur eall sæcge, swá ic fæstlícast mæg befón wordum

    (as completely as ever I can express them in words),

    • Ps. Th. 74, 2
      • .
firmly, constantly.
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Cf. fæst; II
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  • Búton fæstlíce

    (firmiter)

    hé gelýfe,

    • Ath. Crd. 42
      • :
    • Shrn. 195, 3
      • .

  • Hí fremmað fæstlíce Freán éce word,

    • Sch. 50
      • .

  • Þæt gé fæstlícor gelýfdon,

    • Wlfst. 231, 32
      • .
expressing permanence, persistence.
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Cf. fæste; II a
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  • Þǽr hié fæstlíce eard genámon

    they settled there,

    • Gen. 1653
      • .

  • Gif hit on ǽnegum men ǽnige hwíle fæstlíce wunaþ,

    • Bt. 8
      • ;
    • F. 26, 4
      • .

  • Hí nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ swelca swelce hí ǽr tó cóman,

    • 11, 1
      • ;
    • F. 30, 28
      • :
    • Bl. H. 171, 27
      • .

  • Hé fæstlíce

    (pertinaciter)

    wiðsóc,

    • Gr. D. 190, 15
      • .

  • Hí fæstlíce

    (constanter)

    gehéndon hine,

    • Lk. L. R. 23, 10
      • .
fast (in hold fast).
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Cf. fæste; II.
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  • Uton wé his lufe fæstlíce on úrum heortum healdan,

    • Bl. H. 131, 3
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  • Hé héht fæstlíce healdan þone hererinc,

    • Met. 1, 70
      • :
    • Rtl. 58, 1
      • .

  • Nim þé fæstlíce þæt ic sprece,

    • Gr. D. 172, 33
      • .

  • Hí þeódað hí fæstlícor tó þǽre rihtwísnesse

    ipsi justitiae arctius inhaerebunt,

    • Gr. D. 336, 23
      • .

  • Fæstlícor

    artius,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 26
      • .

  • Ꝥ wé úre gesibsumnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 246, 22
      • .
strictly (of command).
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  • Ic þæt fæstlíce bebeád ðæt se mon sé ne wǽre mid his wǽpnum gegerwed, þæt hine mon scolde mid wǽpnum ácwellan

    legem dixi me in eum animadversurum qui non indutus armis deprehensus esset,

    • Nar. 9, 27
      • :
    • Bl. H. 47, 20
      • .
speedily, at once.
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Cf. fæste; V.
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  • Þonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneð cólian,

    • Rún. 29
      • .
as a particle of vague meaning
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  • Sume fæstlíce (wutudlíce, R., the West-Saxon version has nothing) cuoedon

    quidam autem dicebant,

    • Jn. L. 7, 41
      • .

  • Ǽc ł fæstlíce

    (W. S. has nothing)

    quidem,

    • 16, 9
      • :
    • 11, 6
      • :
    • Lk. L. R. 11, 4
      • .

  • Ðes fæstlíce

    (etiam)

    synna forgefeð,

    • Lk. L. 7, 49
    (W. S. has nothing):
    • L. R. 9, 5
      • .

  • Fæstlíce

    jam,

    • L. 8, 27
    (W. S. has nothing ):
    • Jn. L. R. 3, 18
      • :
    • 9, 22
      • :
    • 13, 2
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fastly.
O. H. Ger. fastlíhho firmiter, solide
:
Icel. fastliga.
]
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v. ge-, un-fæstlice.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fæstlíce.” 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/44449.

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