Gin-fæst

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gin-fæst

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gin-fæst
Substitute: ample, liberal, noble (an epithet of God's gifts) :-- Þú glǣm hafast, ginfæste giefe, geogudhādes blǣd, Jul. 168.Hé gemunde mægenes strenge, ginfæste (gim-, MS.) gife, þe him God sealde, B. 1271. Hé ginfæstan gife, þe him God sealde, heóld, 2182. Abraham leófa! Þú scealt þurh hand heofoncyninges sigorleánum onfón, ginfæstum gifum, Gen. 2919. Þú, éce God, selest weorðlica ginfæsta gifa be geearnunga ánra gehwelcre, Met. 20, 227. gin-fæst
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