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ceást

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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strife, &c.
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  • Cést

    lis,

      Hpt. Gl. 495, 32.
  • Mid ceáste andswarian

    cum jurgio respondere,

      Gr. D. 64, 33.
  • Ðá ðing þe heó nú tó sibbe talað, beóð hire ðonne tó ceáste áwende,

      Hml. Th. i. 408, 26.
  • Hé forlét his gingran tógeánes þǽre ceáste

    he left his subordinate to meet the tumult,

      Hml, S. 7, 212.
  • Þa ðe þá ceáste macedon, 222.
  • Þá micclan ceáste ácuman, 243.
  • Ceáste

    contentionem,

      R. Ben. I. 22, 6: Hml. Th. i. 604, 35.
  • Ceáste (á)styrian, ii. 420, 33: 338, 11.
  • Ceásta litium, Hy. S. 10, 29:

    sectarum,

      Scint. 134, 15.
  • Ceásta

    lites,

    12.
reproof
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  • Hogode hé hyra wácmódnysse tó þreágenne mid ungemettlicre ceáste (

    increpatione

    ),
      Gr. D. 145, 18.
  • Gefylledre þǽre cǽste (ceáste,

    v. l.) qua increpatione completa,

      160, 7.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. chest. O. L. Ger. caest c(l)asma.]
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v. lotwrenc-, un-ceást; ceás.
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