Fagnian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fagnian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fagnian
- p. ode; pp. od To rejoice, be delighted with, wish for; gaudēre, appĕtĕre :-- Fagnian to rejoice, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 7, 10. Herodes fagnode, ðá he ðone Hǽlend geseah Hērōdes, vīso Jēsu, gāvīsus est, Lk. Bos. 23, 8. To hwon fagnast ðú ðæs ðe ǽ ðú ǽr hæfdest why dost thou long for what thou formerly hadst? Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 32. fagnian