lang-fǽre
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Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua An. Ox. 2072. Treówa . . . langférran, Angl. viii. 327, 24. Add
lencten-fæsten
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Ꝥ Lengtenfæsten Quadragessima Chrd. 113, 19. Þeós clǽne tíd læntenfæstenes, Angl. xii. 513, 31. Ealra swíðost healdan hý forhæfednesse clǽnsunge on lenctenfæstenne, R. Ben. 76, 5. Fram kalendas Octobris oð lenctenfæsten a kalendis octobribus usque ad
líf-fæstan
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Add: [cf. O. H. Ger. líb-fastigón vivifícare'] : -líffæst-nian
on-fæstan
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to make fast, fix On ðǽre ylcan circan wǽron onfæste þá eówestran þára bróðra sceápa eidem ecclesiae caulae inhaerebant ovium, Gr. D. 224, 16
riht-fæsten
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a lawfully-appointed fast Gif frígman rihtfæsten ábrece, Ll. Th. i. 172, 10: 402, 22
borh-fæstan
Similar entry: ge-borhfæstan
wæl-fǽhþ
Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying
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Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying Hé wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028
wæl-fæðm
A deadly embrace
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A deadly embrace Brim wælfæðmum sweóp, fǽge crungon (of the overwhelming of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 9; Exod. 480
wæter-fæsten
A place protected by water
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A place protected by water Hé gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne he encamped as near to the Danes as the wood and water, which protected their position, would allow him to find sufficient room, Chr. 894; Erl
wed-fæstan
To pledge
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To pledge Geuuetfaestae subarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 52.] [
æ-fæstan
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Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72
ǽ-fæsten
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On ǽwfæstenum ic gesyngode, Angl. xi. 102, 66. Ǽfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, 99, 62: Ll. Th. ii. 144, 23. Add
heáh-fæsten
A chief fortress, a city
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A chief fortress, a city Heáhfæsten castrum, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 109; Wrt. Voc. 36, 29. Héhfæsten polis (πόλιs), Rtl. 195, 14
slege-fǽge
Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword
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Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword Slegefǽge hæleþ (the Assyrians before their defeat) Judth. Thw. 25, 7; Jud. 247
burh-fæsten
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A city-fastness, fortress, citadel; arx munita, castellum Com God sceáwigan beorna burhfæsten God came to view the chieftains' city-fastness, Cd. 80; Th. 101, 10; Gen. 1680
fæðm-líc
Bending, winding ⬩ sĭnuōsus
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Bending, winding; sĭnuōsus, Cot. 202
land-fæsten
A land-fastness ⬩ a pass
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A land-fastness, a strong military position on land, a pass Leoniða on ánum nearwan londfæstenne him wiðstód Leonida in angustiis Thermopylarum obstitit, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 80, 14
lang-fǽre
Lasting ⬩ enduring ⬩ old
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Lasting, enduring, old Nánwuht nis langfǽres on ðís andweardan lífe there is nothing lasting in this present life, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 6. On langfǽre ylde bet hé déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene
Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre
mid-fæsten
Mid-Lent
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Mid-Lent Wæs mycel gemót tó midfestene, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 11
mór-fæsten
A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country
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A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country Hé (Alfred) lytle werede uniéþelíce æfter wudum fór, and on mórfæstenum. Chr. 878; Erl. 78, 34