a fast considered as an offering :-- Ne gelýfe þæs nǽnig mon þ̵ him ne genihtsumige þ̵ fasten tó écere hǽlo, búton hé mid óþrum gódum hit geéce, and sé þe wille Drihtne bringan gecwéme lácfæsten, þonne sceal hé þ̵ mid ælmessan and mid mildheortum weorcum fullian, Bl. H. 37, 18.