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that holds fast
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  • Fæsthafellæstum (-nestum, An. Ox. 4595) gerǽpod

    tenacissimis (vinculis) inretita,

    • Hpt. Gl. 512, 63
    • .
strong, firm, steadfast
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  • God, fæsthafol strængð unástyred on þé þurhwunað

    Deus, tenax vigor inmotus in te permanet,

    • Hy. S. 11, 2
    • .
tenacious, retentive
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  • Fæsthaful

    capax (cf. capax memorię,

    • An. Ox. 3101
    • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 47
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  • Mid fæsthafelre race

    tenaci (memoriae) textu,

    • An. Ox. 192
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  • Hé gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 118, 20
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parsimonious, close-fisted
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  • For hwí wǽre þú swá fæsthafol mínra góda þe ic þé sealde?,

    • Wlfst. 258, 12
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  • Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum

    uiro cupido et tenaci,

    • Scint. 110, 15
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  • Sint tó manianne ðá fæsðhafula[n]

    (tenaces, qui sua retinent),

    • Past. 339, 7
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