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Old English Dictionary Entry

Mæstan

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1 mæstan

p. mæste; pp. mæsted, mæst To fatten :-- Maestun saginabant. Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 61: Ep. Gl. 24b, 27. Ic wylle ðæt man mæste mínum wífe twá hund swína, Chart. Th. 596, 21. Is mæst saginatur, nutritur, Hpt. Gl. 489, 43. Weorþaþ mæsted pinguescent, Ps. Th. 64, 13. [Prompt. Parv. Mastyn beestys sagino, impinguo; mast-hog, mastid swyne maialis: O. H. Ger. mastian to feed; ge-mestet. ge-mast fattened, Ger. müsten.]
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Runic Inscription

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ᛗᚫᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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