Facian

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

facian

Substitute: fácian; p. ode. I. trans. To wish for, desire to obtain :-- Pirrus him for þám swíþost fylste þe hé him selfum fácode Mæcedonia anweald Pyrrhus helped them chiefly for the reason that he wanted the kingdom of Macedonia for himself; his se Pyrrhus jungit, sperans Demetrium Macedonia posse depelli, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 152, 7. II. intrans. To arrive at a point (?), reach :-- Andlanges þæs ealdan mylegeares oð hit fácað on þǽm ífihtan æsce (until the boundary reaches (?) the ivy-clad ash-tree), C. D. B. ii. 305, 27. [Cf. Icel. fíkjask á to desire, be eager for; fíkinn greedy.]

Mots connexes: fǽcan. facian