Æt-feólan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

l. æt-feólan,

æt-feólan

and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (as if from -felan). I. to adhere, cleave (lit. and fig.) :-- Ætfileð adhereat, Ps. Srt. 136, 6. Ætfalh adhesit, 43, 25: 62, 9. Ætfélun (-fulgon), Ps. Spl. C.) adheserunt, 24, 21. Ætfealan (not -feolan as in Dict.), 72, 28. II. fig. of continued action, to stick to, (a) with idea of diligence, be instant in :-- Ðæt hé geornlíce ætfealh ðǽre ðénunge ministerio sedulus insistere, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 14. Ðá hé geornlíce his leornunge ætfealh cum lectioni operam dedisset, 4, 23; S. 596, 16. Hié geornlíce heora gebedum ætfulgon. Bl. H. 201, 18. Ætfeolh ðú ðínum fæstenum jejuniis insiste, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 41. Ðearf is ꝥ ic weacenum ætfeóle, S. 601, 3. Ðæt gé ætfeólen ðǽre láre ut praedicalioni servias, Past. 375, 5. (b) with idea of persistence :-- Ðá ætfealh se gesíþ geornlíce his bénum comes obnixius precibus instans, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 12. III. to press, impress, (a) lit. :-- Wrít þám horse on þám heáfde foran Crístes mǽl and on leoþa gehwilcum þe þú ætfeólan mæge, Lch. ii. 290, 24. (b) fig. :-- Þá þá him eádmódlíce ætfeólan his þegnas and lǽrdon hine, ꝥ hé onfénge ꝥ yrfe cum ei discipuli humiliter imminerent, ut possessiones acciperet, Gr. D. 201, 9. Cf. oþ-feólan. æt-feolan