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weall-fæsten

  • noun [ neuter ]
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weall-fæsten, weall-fæstenn, es; n.
a walled stronghold, a fortress
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  • Ða gesceádaþ ðæt land westan and eástan óð ðæt weallfæsten,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 86, 27.
  • Hé ongan ceastre timbran, ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest,

      Cd. Th. 64, 31; Gen. 1058.
a wall for defence, a bulwark
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  • Forhwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his ?

    quid deposuisti maceriam ejus?

      Ps. Th. 79, 12.
  • Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston,

      Cd. Th. 208, 14; Exod. 483.
  • Wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten (

    erat aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et laeva,

      Ex. 14, 22), 195, 27; Exod. 283.
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  • weall-fæsten, n.