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wudu-fæsten

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wudu-fæsten, wudu-fæstenn, es; n.
a place rendered secure by woods, a wood as a place of security
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  • Ðǽr gewexen is wudufæstern micel

    there has grown a great wood which affords shelter,

      Cod. Dip. B. ii. 376, 4.

  • He gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne

    he pitched his camp in the nearest spot allowed by the woods,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 90, 9.

  • Ða flugon ða Bryt-Walas tó ðam wudufærstenum (cp. silvis sese obdidere,

      Bd. I. 2
    ),

    • pref.
      • ;
    • Erl. 5, 12.
a place of security built of wood
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  • Sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwylces on ðæt wudufæsten(Noah's ark) gelǽded,

    • Cd. Th. 79, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 1312.
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v.  wudu-wésten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wudu-fæsten.” 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/36731.

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