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hæften

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hæften, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§599;
Captivity, custody
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  • Ða betste of ðes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene gewann and on hæftene gedyde

    he took the best of the earl's household within a fortress and placed them in custody,

      Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 29.
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  • hæften, n.