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óþ-fæstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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óþ-fæstan, I.
Wright's OE grammar
§655;
to entrust, commit to the charge of another
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  • Óþ ðæt ic mé gebidde tó him and mín gást óþfæste

    I commit my spirit into his hands,

      Nar. 46, 34.
  • Heó hyre mægþhád Gode óþfæste,

      40, 16.
  • Gif hwá óþfæste his friénd feoh,

      L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 50, 29: L. Alf. pol. 20; Th. i. 74, 15.
  • Gif hwá óðrnm his unmagan óþfæste, and hé hine on ðære fæstinge forferie,

      17; Th. i. 72, 4.
  • Se ðe wile hwilc sǽd óþ-fæstan ðám dríum furum,

      Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 30.
  • Ðæt hié síen tó liornunga óþfæste,

      Past. pref. ; Swt. 7, 12.
  • II. to inflict, impose (pain, punishment. Cf. æt-fæstan) :-- Ne meahton hié deáþ (Kemble has deáþe, in which case the verb belongs to I) óþfæstan

    they could not inflict death (on Christ),

      Elen. Kmbl. 952 ; El. 477.
  • Drihten hæfde wítes clomma[s] feóndum óþfæsted

    the Lord had imposed penal chains on the fiends,

      Cd. Th. 292, 23; Sae. 445.
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