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  • Fylstende

    adstipulans,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 39.
with dat. of person helped
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  • Drihten fylst him ǽfre,

      Hml. S. 11, 311.

  • Se heáhengel him fylstende stód,

      Hml. Th. i. 506, 16.
to help a person (dat.) to (tó) something,
to help to the attainment of an end
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  • Hwílon þes middaneard teáh menn fram Gode . . . nú hé fylst ús tó Gode,

      Hml. S. 28, 172.

  • Ꝥ ǽlc geréfa fylste óðrum tó úre ealra friðe,

      Ll. Th. i. 236, 27.

  • Ic beóde ꝥ hý fylstan þám biscopum tó Godes gerihtum and tó mínum kynescipe and tó ealles folces þearfe,

      Cht. E. 230, 17: Wlfst. 268, 2: 295, 3: Ll. Th. ii. 312, 39.

  • Ðám smeáwyrhtutn hé sceal tó tólan fylstan,

      Angl. ix. 263, 17.

  • Fylstan him tó þæs cynges freóndscipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 1. (3 a) without dat. of person :-- Gé fylstað on unriht wið sceatte and nellað tó rihte

    ye help unjustly for a bribe, and will not help (men) to get justice,

      Wlfst. 46, 27.

  • Tó ciricbóte sceal eall folc fylstan,

      Ll. Th. i. 410, 12.
  • Gif se landríca nelle tó steóre filstan, ii. 298, 19: i. 250, 6.
  • Ne scylan hyg ǽnig unriht geþafian ac tó ǽlcan rihte geornlíce fylstan, ii. 310, 19.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fylstan.” 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/46710.

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