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ge-éfstan

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ge-éfstan, l. ge-efestan, ge-efstan,
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to get by hastening
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  • Geonet oððe geefest

    preoccupetur

    (v. (?)
      Ald. 17, 37), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 78.
to strive after
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  • Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende

    the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 90.
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