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éfstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick; festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre
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  • Uton nú éfstan seón wundur

    let us now hasten to see the wonders.

    • Beo. Th. 6193
      • ;
    • B. 3101: Rood Kmbl. 67
      • ;
    • Kr. 34
      • .

  • He éfste [éfstte,

      Th. 278, 23, col. 2
    ] norþweard

    he hastened northward,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • Th. 278, 22, col. 1
      • .

  • Abraham éfste in to ðam getelde

    festīnāvit Abraham in tabernācŭlum,

    • Gen. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 19,
      • 6;
    • Beo. Th. 2990
      • ;
    • B. 1493: Cd. 139
      • ;
    • Th. 174,
      • 2;
    • Gen. 2872
      • .

  • Hí éfston óþ to gatum deáþes

    appropinquāvērunt usque ad portas mortis,

    • Ps. Spl. 106, 18: Byrht. Th. 137,
      • 55;
    • By. 206
      • .

  • Hí geneálǽhton oððe éfstun [éfston,

      Ps. Spl. 15, 3
    ]

    accelĕrāvērunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 15,
      • 4.

  • Éfst ardlíce ðyder

    festīna ĭbi,

    • Gen. 19, 22: Lk. Bos. 19,
      • 5.

  • Éfst [Th. éfste] oððe neálǽce ðæt ðú generige me

    accĕlĕra ut ēruas me,

    • Ps. Spl. 30,
      • 2.

  • Éfstaþ and lǽdaþ hine to me

    festīnāte et addūcĭte eum ad me,

    • Gen. 45, 13: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 88,
      • 32.

  • Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat

    hasten that ye go through the narrow gate,

    • Lk. Bos. 13,
      • 24.

  • Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston

    that we may hasten to thee with all our heart,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 600,
      • 3.

  • To ðam ðe hit éfst wæs

    ad quam festīnātum erat,

    • Prov. 20
      • .
Derived forms
ge-éfstan
Linked entries
v.  ǽfstian éfestan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “éfstan.” 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/9062.

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