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æf(e)stig

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1 æf(e)stig

Add: I. in a bad sense, envious :-- Beón andetta dæt hē æfestig sȳ, Bl. H. 65, 4. Ne sȳ hē æfestig (zelotipus), R. Ben. 121, 13. Æfstig emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 46. Se æfæstiga mæssepreóst. Gr. D. 117, 18. Æfestiga, æfstigea, 118, 20. Hwā mæg beón ungesǣlgra donne se æfstiga (-ega, ), Past. 231, 22. Ðæs æfestigan invidi, Hy. S. 16, 3. Ne sȳn wē tō æfestige (-æst-, ), Wlfst. 253, 6. Ðā æfestgan (sefstegan, ) invidi, Past. 229, II. Æfestigra manna, R. Ben. 92, 12. Ðaelig-long;m æfstegum invidis, Past. 233, 16. II. in a good sense, zealous (against) :-- Æfstig wid ō;dra monna yfelu contra aliena vitia aemulator, Fast. 79, 12. æf-estig,æfestig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚫᚠ(ᛖ)ᛋᛏᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bl.
Blickling Homilies
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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