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éfstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick; festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre
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  • Uton nú éfstan seón wundur

    let us now hasten to see the wonders.

    • Beo. Th. 6193
    • ;
    • B. 3101: Rood Kmbl. 67
    • ;
    • Kr. 34
    • .
  • He éfste [éfstte,

      Th. 278, 23, col. 2
    ] norþweard

    he hastened northward,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Th. 278, 22, col. 1
    • .
  • Abraham éfste in to ðam getelde

    festīnāvit Abraham in tabernācŭlum,

    • Gen. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 19,
    • 6;
    • Beo. Th. 2990
    • ;
    • B. 1493: Cd. 139
    • ;
    • Th. 174,
    • 2;
    • Gen. 2872
    • .
  • éfston óþ to gatum deáþes

    appropinquāvērunt usque ad portas mortis,

    • Ps. Spl. 106, 18: Byrht. Th. 137,
    • 55;
    • By. 206
    • .
  • Hí geneálǽhton oððe éfstun [éfston,

      Ps. Spl. 15, 3
    ]

    accelĕrāvērunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 15,
    • 4.
  • Éfst ardlíce ðyder

    festīna ĭbi,

    • Gen. 19, 22: Lk. Bos. 19,
    • 5.
  • Éfst [Th. éfste] oððe neálǽce ðæt ðú generige me

    accĕlĕra ut ēruas me,

    • Ps. Spl. 30,
    • 2.
  • Éfstaþ and lǽdaþ hine to me

    festīnāte et addūcĭte eum ad me,

    • Gen. 45, 13: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 88,
    • 32.
  • Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat

    hasten that ye go through the narrow gate,

    • Lk. Bos. 13,
    • 24.
  • Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston

    that we may hasten to thee with all our heart,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 600,
    • 3.
  • To ðam ðe hit éfst wæs

    ad quam festīnātum erat,

    • Prov. 20
    • .
Derived forms
ge-éfstan
Linked entries
v.  ǽfstian éfestan.
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