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æt-feolan

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æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
as if from -felan).
to adhere, cleave (lit. and fig.)
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  • Ætfileð

    adhereat,

      Ps. Srt. 136, 6.

  • Ætfalh

    adhesit,

      43, 25: 62, 9.

  • Ætfélun (-fulgon), Ps. Spl. C.)

    adheserunt,

      24, 21.

  • Ætfealan (not -feolan as

    in Dict.),

      72, 28.
fig. of continued action,
to stick to,
with idea of diligence,
be instant in
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  • Ðæt hé geornlíce ætfealh ðǽre ðénunge

    ministerio sedulus insistere,

      Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 14.

  • Ðá hé geornlíce his leornunge ætfealh

    cum lectioni operam dedisset,

      4, 23; S. 596, 16.
  • Hié geornlíce heora gebedum ætfulgon. Bl. H. 201, 18.

  • Ætfeolh ðú ðínum fæstenum

    jejuniis insiste,

      Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 41.

  • Ðearf is ꝥ ic weacenum ætfeóle,

      S. 601, 3.

  • Ðæt gé ætfeólen ðǽre láre

    ut praedicalioni servias,

      Past. 375, 5.
with idea of persistence
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  • Ðá ætfealh se gesíþ geornlíce his bénum

    comes obnixius precibus instans,

      Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 12.
to press, impress,
lit.
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  • Wrít þám horse on þám heáfde foran Crístes mǽl and on leoþa gehwilcum þe þú ætfeólan mæge,

      Lch. ii. 290, 24.
fig.
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  • Þá þá him eádmódlíce ætfeólan his þegnas and lǽrdon hine, ꝥ hé onfénge ꝥ yrfe

    cum ei discipuli humiliter imminerent, ut possessiones acciperet,

      Gr. D. 201, 9.
  • Cf. oþ-feólan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt-feolan.” 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/38027.

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