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Dele II., and add:
so as not to be moved or shaken, firmly, fast (in to stand fast) (lit. and fig.)
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  • Þæt treów fæste stód,

    • Dan. 557
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  • Nánwuht nis fæste stondendes weorces on worulde,

    • Bt. 9
      • ;
    • F. 26, 21
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  • Ic fæste stande for þínre campunga,

    • Bl. H. 225, 34
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  • Him þá férend on fæste wuniað

    the travellers fix their abode on him,

    • Wal. 25
      • :
    • 36
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  • Oþ þæt þín fót weorðe fæste on blóde,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 22
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  • Ꝥ man Godes cyricean fæste tremede,

    • Bl. H. 43, 6
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    • 111, 4
      • :
    • An. 1673
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  • Ꝥ se stemn móte þý fæstor standon,

    • Bt. 34, 10
      • ;
    • F. 148, 34
      • .
of sleeping:
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  • On middre nihte þá men fæstost slépon,

    • Hml. S. 31, 857.
expressing fixity of intention, attention or purpose:
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  • Geréfa mín fæste mynteð þæt mé æfter sié eaforan síne yrfeweardas

    my steward quite means his children to be heirs after me,

    • Gen. 2182
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  • Hwæþer þú ǽnig þing swá fæste getiohhod hæbbe ꝥ hit nǽfre þínum willum onwended weorþe,

    • Bt. 41, 3
      • ;
    • F. 250, 6
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  • Þá þing þe wé handledon and fæste ymbe wǽron

    the matters that we handled and with which we were diligently engaged,

    • Angl. viii. 304, 24.
expressing vigorous action or thoroughness of condition:
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  • Hí fæste tógedere féngon

    they attacked each other vigorously,

    • Chr. 999
      • ;
    • P. 131, 21
      • :
    • Cri. 980
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 70, 6, 4
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  • Hí mé georne ǽr fæste feódan

    they hated me fiercely and violently,

    • 85, 16
      • .

  • Fæste wiðhycgan,

    • Jul. 42
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  • Fæste wiðsacan,

    • El. 933
      • .

  • Swíðe fæste gesoden ǽgra

    very hard-boiled eggs,

    • Lch. ii. 194, 5
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  • Fæste geþúf

    luxoriante (prosperitate),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 76
      • :
    • 52, 28
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  • Beóð Godes streámas góde wætere fæste gefylde

    flumen Dei repletum est aqua,

    • Ps. Th. 64, 10
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  • Gif geliórade fæst

    if he were quite dead;

    si jam obisset,

    • Mk. L. 15, 44
      • .
with firm grasp or attachment, fast (in to bind, hold fast) (lit. and fig.)
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  • Dó on ꝥ dolg and bind fæste,

    • Lch. ii. 132, 18
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    • Sat. 324
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  • Oft þrǽl þegen cnyt swýðe fæste,

    • Wlfst. 163, 2
      • :
    • Gen. 374
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  • Hé þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum,

    • Exod. 407
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    • B. 554
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  • Sié fæste genæglad on róde

    crucifigatur,

    • Mt. L. 27, 22
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  • Gefég fæste,

    • Gen. 1310
      • :
    • Crä. 66
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  • Nim þé fæste ꝥ ic sprece

    fixum tene quod loquor,

    • Gr. D. 172, 33
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  • Hé nam of hire eall ꝥ áhte, for ðám heó hit heóld ǽr tó fæste wið hine,

    • Chr. 1043
      • ;
    • P. 162, 26
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  • Fæste bewunden,

    • An. 58
      • :
    • El. 937
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  • Fæste genearwod,

    • Gen. 2603.
of command, promise,
urgently, strictly, solemnly:
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  • Ðá ilca lufu suíðe fæst bebeád

    eandem dilectionem instantius commendans,

    • Jn. p. 7, 11
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  • Þá senatus him hæfden þá dǽd fæste forboden,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 196, 8
      • :
    • Gen. 895
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  • Hé him fæste gehét ꝥ . . . ,

    • Met. 1, 35.
of concealment,
securely:
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  • Þéh þe hé hit fæste wið þá senatus hǽle

    though he succeeded in keeping it secret from the senate,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 196, 16
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  • Þú him fæste hel sóðan sprǽce

    be sure to keep the truth from them,

    • Gen. 1836
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  • Þú heora fyrene fæste hǽle,

    • Ps. Th. 84, 2.

  • Wǽron hié þý swýðor áfyrhte and hié fæstor hýddan

    tanto magis cunctis propter timorem abditis, diu apparente nemine,

    • Nar. 10, 26.
fast (as in to stick fast), so as to be unable to move:
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  • Hé þæs þeófes fót onlýsde of þám gærde þe hé ǽr fæste on clyfode

    pedem furis a sepe in qua inhaererat solvit,

    • Gr. D. 25, 11
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fast (as in to shut fast)
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  • Stód on merigen þæt cweartern fæste belocen,

    • Hml. Th. i. 230, 22
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  • Hé þá grimman góman bihlemmeð fæste tógædre,

    • Wal. 77.

  • Wearð sé hálga wong þurh feóndes searo fæste bitýned

    • Ph. 419
      • .
so as to make secure.
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Cf. fæst; IV
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  • Seó burg wæs ungemettan fæste mid clúdum ymbweaxen

    the town was so surrounded by rocks that it was exceedingly strong;

    saxum mirae asperitatis et altitudinis,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 132, 10
      • .
speedily, at once
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  • Ricene weorðe his feónda gehwylc, fæste tóworpen,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 1
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  • Ic mé helpe fand þæt ic fæste ne feóll

    (that I did not straightway fall),

    • 117, 13
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  • Þæt þone mándrinc geceápað wer fæste feóre síne,

    • Rä. 24, 14
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v. fæstlíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fæste.” 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/44425.

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