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fágettan

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literal,
to change colour, grow dark
    (cf.
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 35.
  • v. fág)
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  • Se fulla móna fágettað, þonne hé ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið þurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge,

    • Hml. Th. i. 608, 33
    • .
to quibble, use with double meaning
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  • Cwæð Ualerianus tó ðám cýðere : "Ágif ðá mádmas." Se cýðere him andwyrde: "On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas." Se geféfa cwæð: "Hwæt fágettest ðú mid wordum ?"

    (why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?),

    • Hml. Th. i. 422, 34
    • .
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Cf. fágian.
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