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ést-mete

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ést-mete, es; m.
Delicate meat, dainties, luxuries; delĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ
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  • Ðeós sand oððe éstmete

    hæc daps,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
    • 54;
    • Som. 13,
    • 20.
  • Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó ná éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu

    the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead. This Anna, of whom we speak, loved not luxuries, but loved fasts,

    • Homl. Th. i. 146, 34-148,
    • 1.
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