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æt-fæstan

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Add: to inflict Æ(t)fæstan inpingere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72. to commit, entrust, deposit Ædfæst depositum. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 4. <b>II a.</b> to give in marriage :-- Þá ætfæste hé mé míne efen-þeówene, seó þe wæs ǽr óðres gemecca. Shrn. 39

á-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fæstan, to fast.
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Add: with cognate object Tylege hé þæt hé þis fæsten áfæste, Wlfst. 284, 12. Ǽrþon hyra fæsten sig áfæst antequam jejunium eorum jejunatum fuerit , Ll. Th. ii. 158, 25

fǽcen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽcen-líce, adv.

Fraudulentlydeceitfully

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Fraudulently, deceitfully Faecenlíce fraudulenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 28

Linked entry: fácen-líce

fǽred-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽred-lic, adj.

Sudden

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Sudden Wundrodon ealle men ꝥ on swá lytlan fæce hine nán man findan mihte . . . and se cásere and his þegnas wǽron sárie for his fǽredlican (cf. fǽrlican, 225) áweggewitennysse all men wondered that all of a sudden nobody could find him . . . and the

feorh-fægen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-fægen, adj.
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Glad to live Ðá hí ðus hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, þá hét se cásere hí faran swá hwider swá hí woldon, and hí feorhfægene him fram sóna ðanon eódon, Hml. S. 23, 309

Linked entry: fægen

ge-fædrian

(v.)
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Dele

ge-fægen

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Hé sceolde beón ðǽre sprǽce swá micle gefægenrasuá him máre ðearf wæs, and ðæs ðe gefægenra ðe hé hím suá eáðmódlíce and suá árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 6-8. Add

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, to place.
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Substitute: ge-fæstan; p. te. to make fast, make steadfast, confirm Wé wurðiað þone gefæstan heáp Godes cýðera we honour the steadfast band of God's martyrs, Hml. Th. i. 542, 23. to commit, entrust Hé ágæf ł gefæste ðá ðǽm londbígencgum locavit vineam

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, to fast.
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Add: in a general sense, to abstain from food Mið ðý gefæste cum jejunasset, Mt. L. 4, 2. Gefaested macilentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 70. Gefæsted, 55, 59. to fast as discipline, absolute Mið ðý gié gefæstas cum jejunatis, Mt. L. 6, 16. Gefæstað jejunabunt

æt-fæstan

Grammar
æt-fæstan, <b>; II.</b>
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add Swá hé úre sáule ús ætfæste, Bl. H. 103

wil-fægen

(adj.)
Grammar
wil-fægen, adj.

Having ones desiresatisfiedglad

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Having ones desire, satisfied, glad Wilfægen voti compos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 59 : compos Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Zup. 58, 1. Wilfangen (l. -fægen) voti compos . Engl. Stud. xi. 67, 96. Ongan hé wilfægen æfter ðam wuldres treó eorðan delfan, ðæt hé funde behelede

Linked entries: wil-tygþe wil-hrémig

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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Dele passage under I, and add: to fix, to place in security Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum, Chr. 894; P. 88, 4. Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22. Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund

be-fæðman

Grammar
be-fæðman, Add: , -fæþmian.

to embraceto enclose

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to embrace Ic befæðme, Rä. 88, 19. Heó Sceppend seolf befæðmeð, Sat. 310: 359. Ús befæð-man wile freóbearn Godes, 289. to enclose God ealle þincg beféhð and befædmað, Hml. S. 23 b, 584

æt-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted; f. trans, [æt, fæstan to fasten]

To fixfastendrive intoafflict withinflict onimpingereinfigere

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To fix, fasten, drive into, afflict with, inflict on; impingere, infigere Hí míne sáwle synne ætfæsten they inflict sin on my soul, Ps. Th. 142, 12. He him ætfæste éce edwít opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis, 77, 66. Bitere ætfæsted bitterly afflicted

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a-færþ

he shall lead out

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he shall lead out, Ps. Spl. 51, 5

be-fæðman

(v.)
Grammar
be-fæðman, p. ede; pp. ed

To embrace with the armsulnis amplecti

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To embrace with the arms; ulnis amplecti Befæðman, Cd. 163; Th. 204, 32; Exod. 428

fædren-healf

(n.)

the paternal side

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the paternal side, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 5

fædren-mǽg

(n.)

a paternal relative

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a paternal relative, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 78, 20

leng-fǽrra

Similar entry: lang-fǽre

líf-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
líf-fæstan, p. te

quickenvivify

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To give life, quicken, vivify Ðonne hine God líffæsteþ when God shall quicken him; Deo vivificante, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 20. Gást is se ðe líffæsteþ spiritus est qui vivificat, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 63. Hé is se líffæstenda God, Homl, Th. i, 280, 23. ii. 598

Linked entry: líf-fæst