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éfestan

  • verb [ weak ]
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éfestan, to éfestanne; p. éfeste. pl. éfeston; impert. éfest. pl. éfestaþ; pp. éfested
To hasten, make haste, be quick; propĕrāre, concurrĕre, festīnāre
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  • Hwylcum wegum to éfestanne sý to ingange his ríces

    quĭbus sit viis ad ingressum regni illīus propĕrandum,

    • Bd. 2,
    • 2;
    • S. 502,
    • 20.
  • He éfeste norþweard

    he hastened northward,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Erl. 154,
    • 10.
  • Hí to ðam dweoligendum lǽcedómum deófolgylde éfeston and scyndon

    ad errātĭca idolatriæ medicāmĭna concurrēbant.

    • Bd. 4,
    • 27;
    • S. 604,
    • 7.
  • To gefultumianne me éfest

    ad adjŭvandum me festīna,

    • Ps. Lamb. 69,
    • 2.
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