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ár-fæst

  • adjective
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Grammar
ár-fæst, ǽr-fæst; adj. [ár honour, fæst fast]
Wright's OE grammar
§11; §426; §627;
Honourable, honest, upright, virtuous, good, pious, dutiful, gracious, kind, merciful; honestus, probus, bonus, pius, propitius, clemens, misericors
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  • Árfæste rincas

    honourable chieftains,

    • Cd. 90; Th. 113, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1894: 136
      • ;
    • Th. 171, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2825
      • .

  • Wæs he se mon ǽfæst and árfæst

    he was the religious and pious man;

    vir pietatis et religionis,

    • Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 33
      • .

  • Wes ðú ðínum yldrum árfæst simle

    be thou always dutiful to thy parents,

    • Exon. 80 a ; Th. 300, 25
      • ;
    • Fä 11
      • .

  • Ongan ðá ródera wealdend árfæst wið Abraham sprecan

    then began the gracious Ruler of the skies to speak with Abraham,

    • 109 ; Th. 145, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 2405
      • .

  • Drihten biþ árfæst his folces lande

    Dominus propitius erit terræ populi sui,

    • Deut. 32, 43
      • :
    • Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 32
      • ;
    • Cri. 245
      • .

  • Ðæt Drihten him árfæst and milde wǽre

    that the Lord might be to him merciful and mild,

    • Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 31
      • .
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v.  ǽr-fæst ár-fest.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ár-fæst.” 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/2103.

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