word-fæst
Adhering to what one says ⬩ keeping one's word
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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E. Homl. i. 301, 13
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wlitig-fæst
Beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Beauteous, glorious Swá se æþela fugel wlitigfæst wunaþ wyllestreámas, Exon. Th. 204, 29; Ph. 105
wyrt-fæt
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A scent-bottle Wyrtfata olfactoriola (cf. olfactoriola ðe hiera elesealfa on wǽran, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 35), Hpt. Gl. 517, 27
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Glorious Wuldurfest gloriosus, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 188, I. Wuldorftest, Cd. Th. 234, 3 ; Dan. 286. Wuldorfæst cyning (Solomon), 202, 18 ; Exod. 390. Ðes wuldorfæsta kyning rex gloriae, Ps. Th. 23, 8, 10: Nicod. 29 ; Thw. 16, 38. Ðæt wuldorfæste líf ðætte
ymb-fær
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A going about, circuit Túna embefær uillarum circuitus, Anglia xiii. 375, 131. Mid emfare circilo ( = circulo?), Hpt. Gl. 422, 14
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wyn-fæst
Joyous
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Joyous Ðætte Sione dún sigefest weorðe, and weallas Sion wynfeste getremed, Ps. C. 133
ár-fæst
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Add: pious, righteous, honourable Árfæst pius, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 67. Wearð Nerua, swíðe árfæst man, tó cásere gecoren, Hml. Th. i. 60, 6. Mid árfæsððes (-fæstes, v. l.) ingeðonces láre pia intentione, Past. 167, 7. merciful, gracious, clement Þæt hé
ár-fæt
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Clǽm on árfæt . . . mylte syþþan on ðǽm árfæte, Lch. iii. 16, 24. Dó on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add
beód-fæt
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A table-vestel, cup Ciatis, i. calathis, vasis vel beódfatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 17
blǽd-fæst
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bleó-fæst
Beautiful ⬩ pleasant
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Beautiful, pleasant
byden-fæt
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A bushel, barrel Hwéne wíddre þonne bydenfæt, Bl. H. 127, 6. VI. bidenfate and þrý trogas, C. D. B. iii. 367, 38
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císe-fæt
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A vessel in which the curds are pressed and the cheese shaped in cheese-making Cýsefæt calathus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 42. Man sceal habban cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 12
eard-fæst
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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38. Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani
eced-fæt
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Ecedfæt (ecet-, v. l.) acitabula (uas, quo fertur acetum ), Hpt. 31, 11, 217. Add
fæc-full
Spacious
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Spacious Fæcfull ys weg spatiosa est via, Scint. 185, 15
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fǽr-cwealm
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Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, Wlfst. 271, 2. Add
fǽr-deáþ
apoplexy
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Sudden death, apoplexy Fǽrdeáþ apoplexia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 63. Sǽde Cecilia þám brýdguman þ heó gesáwe engel of heofenum, and sé wolde hyne sleán myd fǽrdeáþe (he would strike him dead), gif hé hyre onhryne, Shrn. 149, 24. Substitute:
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Add: sudden, that is unexpected, that happens without warning Ðý lǽs eów hrædlíce on becume se fǽrlíca (repentina) dómes dæg, Past. 129, 21. Feerlic (fér-, R.), Lk. L. 21, 34. Gif hit gewyrþe þæt on þeódscipe becume fǽrlic coþa oþþe fǽrlic deáþ, Wlfst