ést-mete
- noun [ masculine ]
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Ðeós sand oððe éstmete
hæc daps,
- Ælfc. Gr. 9, 54;
- Som. 13, 20.
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Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó ná éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu
the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead. This Anna, of whom we speak, loved not luxuries, but loved fasts,
- Homl. Th. i. 146, 34-148, 1.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ést-mete.” 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/9742.
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