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firmly fixed.
in a place (lit. or fig.)
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  • Álýs mé of láme þe lǽs ic weorþe fæst

    (ut non inhaeream),

    • Ps. Th. 68, 14
      • .

  • Ancor on eorþan fæst,

    • Bt. 10
      • ;
    • F. 30, 6
      • .

  • Biþ óþer ende fæst on þǽre nafe, óþer on ðǽre felge,

    • 39, 7
      • ;
    • F. 222, 3
      • :
    • Rä. 22, 13
      • .

  • Wudu wyrtum fæst

    the wood firm fixed by its roots,

    • B. 1364.

  • Sió godcunde gesceádwísnes is fæst on þám heán Sceppende

    divina ratio in summo omnium principe constituta,

    • Bt. 39, 5
      • ;
    • F. 218, 27.

  • Þá gód sindon fæste on þám héhstan góde; swá swá ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgðer ge on ðǽre flóre ge on þǽm hrófe, swá biþ ǽlc gód on Gode fæst,

    • 36, 7
      • ;
    • F. 184, 10-13.

  • Timbrian hús on þám fæstan stáne,

    • 12
      • ;
    • F. 36, 22.
to or by something, firmly attached, closely bound, fixed to a spot
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  • Wearð his óðer fót be his scó fæst on ánum hegesahle

    ejus pes per calceamentum in sude sepis inhaesit,

    • Gr. D. 24, 28
      • .

  • Scip on ancre fæst,

    • B. 303
      • .

  • Segl sále fæst,

    • 1906.

  • Foldærne fæst

    laid in the grave,

    • Cri. 730
      • :
    • El. 723.

  • Hé wæs reste fæst

    he lay on his couch without stirring,

    • Gen. 178
      • .

  • Se légdraca . . . glédum beswǽled . . . wæs deáðe fæst

    the firedrake . . . scorched by the flames . . . lay a captive to death,

    • B. 3045
      • .

  • Hí áslógan án geteld on westhealfe þǽre cyricean on þǽre cyricean fæst

    (ita ut ipsum tentorium parieti hereret ecclesiae),

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • Sch. 268, 3
      • .

  • Hé rom geseah brémbrum fæstne,

    • Gen. 2928
      • .

  • Bendum fæstne,

    • An. 184
      • .

  • Scip oncerbendum fæst,

    • B. 1918
      • .

  • Ceólas bi staðe fæste,

    • Wal. 18
      • .

  • Ceólas æt sǽfearoðe oncrum fæste,

    • El. 252.
of a band, tie, &c.,
not easily loosed:
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  • Ðeáh seó leó fæste racentan hæbbe,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • F. 88, 9
      • .

  • Þǽm fæstestum

    tenacissimis (vinculis),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 2
      • .
of alliance, agreement, &c.
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  • Ðá wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge hié betwux him winnað, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • F. 74, 14
      • :
    • Met. 11, 41
      • .

  • Þæt þú wið Wealdend heólde fæste treówe,

    • Exod. 422
      • .
of persons or their attributes,
constant, firm, steadfast
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  • Mid fæstum sefan,

    • Hy. 10, 40
      • .

  • Þone ic ǽr on firenum fæstne talde,

    • El. 909
      • .

  • Ic hæbbe fæstne geleáfan,

    • Gen. 543.

  • Freóndscipe fæstne,

    • B. 2069
      • .

  • Wé ús naman Drihtnes neóde habbað on fultume fæstne and strangne,

    • Ps. Th. 123, 7
      • .

  • Ic þá leóde wát ge wið feónd ge wið freónd fæste geworhte,

    • B. 1864
      • .
II a. of abstract things.
fixed, unchangeable
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  • Náuht woruldríces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg,

    • Bt. 8
      • ;
    • F. 26, 11
      • .

  • Hé sealde swíþe fæste gife and swíþe fæste ǽ,

    • 41, 2
      • ;
    • F. 246, 2
      • .

  • Ǽnig ðing swá fæst getiohhod. . . ꝥ hit nǽfre onwended weorþe,

    • 41, 3
      • ;
    • F. 250, 6
      • .

  • Niman fæstne eard

    to reside permanently,

    • Ps. Th. 86, 3.

  • Geheald míne fæste ǽ

    keep my law that changes not,

    • 77, 1.
firm, secure
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  • Fæst

    tuta, i. firma (prosperitas),

    • An. Ox. 793
      • .
stubborn, unyielding
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  • Ic ǽlcne wiccecræft eáðelíce oferswíðde. . . and ic nǽfre ne áfunde swá fæstne drýcræft,

    • Hml. S. 35, 179
      • .
firm.
firmly joined together, strongly built or made
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  • Bold eal inneweard írenbendum fæst,

    • B. 998
      • .

  • Glóf. . . searobendum fæst,

    • 2086.

  • Fæstostan eardungstówe

    firmissimo habitaculo,

    • Ps. L. fol. 189, 4
      • .
solid, compact
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  • Ꝥ þæt hnesce and flówende wæter hæbbe flór on þǽre fæstan eorðan,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 130, 4
      • .
of a joint,
strong, firm
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  • Fæstes

    forti (compage ),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 50
      • :
    • 93, 39
      • :
    • 37, 14
      • .
of places that can resist attack,
strong, fortified
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  • Beorh . . . nearocræftum fæst,

    • B. 2243
      • .

  • Fæst is þæt églond fenne biworpen,

    • Rä. 1, 5
      • .

  • Ðá fæstan ceastre

    munitum castrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 38
      • .

  • Leoniða fór on ánum londfæstenne . . . Xersis hét ꝥ fæste lond útan ymbfaran . . . Leoniþa his fierd gelǽdde on án óþer fæstre land,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 80, 14-29
      • .

  • Þá hié ongeátan þæt þæt festen sceolde ábrocen bión, hí sendon on óðer fæstre fæsten,

    • 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 148, 23
      • .

  • Seó burg (Babylon) wæs ealra weorca fæstast,

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 74, 24
      • :
    • 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. 114, 11
      • .
of a chamber,
closely shut up:
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  • Gefere þæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan and wearmne,

    • Lch. ii. 280, 11.
of a vessel,
that does not leak, water-tight:
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  • Fæstne kylle,

    • Past. 469, 9.
of sleep, rest,
unbroken, undisturbed
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  • Þú eart sió fæste ræst (cf. seó séfte ræst, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 34) eallra sóðfæstra

    tu requies tranquilla piis,

    • Met. 20, 271
      • .

  • Bið se slǽp tó fæst,

    • B. 1742
      • .

  • Þá Langbearde ealle wæ-acute;ron on fæstum slǽpe

    (somno gravi depressi),

    • Gr. D. 253, 18
      • .

  • Of slǽpe þý fæstan,

    • Cri. 890
      • :
    • An. 796
      • .
of established reputation (?),
standard (of books) ?
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  • Hé forbeád openlíce þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode

    aperto praecepit edicto, ne quis Christianus docendorum liberalium studiorum professor esset,

    • Ors. 6, 31
      • ;
    • S. 286, 4
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fæst.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44421.

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