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ge-fæstan

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ge-fæstan, to fast.
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in a general sense,
to abstain from food
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  • Mið ðý gefæste

    cum jejunasset,

      Mt. L. 4, 2.

  • Gefaested

    macilentus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 70.

  • Gefæsted,

      55, 59.
to fast as discipline,
absolute
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  • Mið ðý gié gefæstas

    cum jejunatis,

      Mt. L. 6, 16.

  • Gefæstað

    jejunabunt,

      Lk. L. 5, 35.

  • Gefæsdon

    jejunabant,

      Mt. L. 9, 15.

  • Gefaesta

    jejunare,

      Lk. L. 5, 34.
with cognate accusative
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  • Se man þe þis gefæst,

      Lch. iii. 228, 23.

  • Þá þe Sunnandæges freóls heóldan and heora lencten wel gefæsten,

      Wlfst. 244, 19.

  • Þæt þú þín lengten rihtlice gehealde and dæghwámlíce tó ánes mǽles þæt fæsten gefæste,

      247, 34.

  • Þæt hí þæt fæsten þe lustlícor gefæstan,

      181, 20.

  • Ðǽre nihte þe hié þæt fæsten gefæst hæfdon,

      Bl. H. 205, 34.
  • Þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum. Ll. Th. ii. 286, 26.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47881.

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