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fæstnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§298; §536;
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to fix firmly in.
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v. fæst; I, 1
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  • Fæstniað eówer mód on his wundrum

    ponite corda vestra in virtute ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 47, 11
      • .
to attach firmly to.
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v. fæst; I. 2
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  • Tó þám lifgendan stáne staðol fæstniað,

    • Jul. 654.
to betroth.
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Cf. Icel. fastna:
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  • Fæstnad

    desponsatam,

    • Lk. L. 1, 27
      • .
to make firm or steadfast.
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v. fæst; II.
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  • Scyle deóphýdig mon fæstnian ferðsefan,

    • Sch. 20
      • .
to confirm an agreement, statement, ratify peace, &c.
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  • Ic fæstnige

    (printed

    fæstinge) mín wedd mid eów

    firmabo pactum meum vobiscum,

    • Lev. 26, 9
      • .

  • Ðás godspelles ðæs wítges bóc sóðeð ł fæstnaagið

    haec euangelia Ezechielis volumen probat,

    • Mt. p, 9, 9
      • .

  • Mon fæstnode þone frið ǽgðer ge wið Eást-Engle ge wið Norðhymbre,

    • Chr. 906
      • ;
    • P. 94, 21
      • .

  • Se here hine gecés him tó hláforde, and þæt fæstnodon mid áþum,

    • 921
      • ;
    • P. 103, 20
      • .

  • Wére trume fæstnie

    pactum firmum feriat,

    • Lch. i. Ixix, 4
      • .

  • Sume syndon

    confirmativa

    þæt synd fæstnigende,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10
      • .
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  • Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa, and on ðám gewrite ródetácn mearcige and hý swá fæstnigende uppan ðám altare álecge,

    • R. Ben. 100, 6.
  • ¶ in the case of charters:

    Ego Ceólnóð mid Crístes ródetácne festnie and wríte

    ( = confirmo et subscribo or roboro et subscribo,

      p.
    • 295, 13, 15
      • ),
    • C. D. i. 296, 15
      • :
    • 299, 25
      • .

  • Ic ðás míne gesaldnisse trymme and faestna (cf. roboravi, I. 15) in Crístes ródetácne,

    • ii. 5, 33
      • .

  • Ic ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte,

    • 122, 2
      • .

  • Ic ðis wríte and ðeafie and mid Crístes ródetácne hit festniæ,

    • i. 311, 24.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. festna
:
O. Sax. fastnón
:
O. H. Ger. fastinón (fest-)
:
Icel. fastna to pledge, betroth.
]
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v. be-, on-, ród-, þurh-fæstnian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fæstnian.” 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/44453.

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