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the condition of being fast, stability, fixity.
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v. fæst; I.
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  • Hé gekýðð on ðǽre styringe ðára telgena útane ðæt ðǽr ne bið nán fæstnung on ðǽm wyrtruman innan

    exteriori mobilitate indicat, quod nulla interius radice subsistat,

    • Past. 359, 8
      • .

  • Næfde hé (Lucifer) náne fæstnunge, ac feóll sóna ádún,

    • Hex. 18, 2
      • .
the condition of being closed.
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v. fæst; IV a
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  • Seó fæstnung ðǽre hellican clýsinge ne geðafað þæt hí ǽfre út ábrecon

    the prison of hell is shut too fast to allow them ever to break out,

    • Hml. Th. i. 332, 20
      • .
a making strong, fortifying.
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v. fæst; IV.
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  • Festnunge

    munificentiam (? as if connected with munire),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 37
      • .
a fastening, binding.
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v. fæst; I, 2.
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  • Hé þá tungan onlýsde, þá se heáhengel mid þǽre swígunge fæstnunga geband þone fæder,

    • Bl. H. 167, 11
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a making steadfast, an exhortation.
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v. fæst; II.
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  • Fæstnunges ł trymnises

    exortationis,

    • Mk. p. 2, 5
      • .
protection, security.
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Cf. fæst; II a. 2, IV.
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  • Ꝥte sié esnum ðínum fæstnung scildnise ǽc giscildnisses

    ut sint servis tuis munimentum tutelaque defensionis,

    • Rtl. 117, 27
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    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 3
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  • Wel bið þám þe him frófre tó fæder on heofonum séceð, þǽr ús eal seó fæstnung stondeð,

    • Wand. 115
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confirmation, ratification.
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v. fæstnian, 4
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  • Fæstnung

    confirmatio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 6
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  • Be þám his beháte sette hé fæstnunga mid gewrite tó ðæs abbodes naman and ðǽra hálgena þe heora bán on ðǽre stówe restað. Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa,

    • R. Ben. 100, 1-4
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  • Ðá ðá Landfranc crafede fæstnunge his gehérgumnesse mid áðswerunge, þá forsóc hé and sǽde ꝥ hé hit náhte tó dónne

    when Lanfranc required that his profession of obedience should be confirmed by an oath, he refused and said that he was not obliged to do it,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • P. 204, 9.
a document that contains a confirmation:
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  • Se godspellere wæs fæstnung ǽgþer ge þǽre ealdan ǽ ge þǽre níwan,

    • Bl. H. 163, 24.

  • Ðerhwunadon wið tó ondword tít fæstnunga bærlíce æteáwdon

    perseverantia usque ad praesens tempus monumenta declarant,

    • Mt. p. 7, 4
      • .
a covenant, assurance
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  • Ic sette mín wed tó him and tó his ofspringe on écere fæstnunge

    constituam pactum meum illi in foedus sempiternum et semini ejus post eum

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    • Gen. 17, 19
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. i. 92, 8
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  • Þá sealdon hí heom fæstnunge betweónan, ꝥ hí ealle þis woldon healdan,

    • Hml, S. 23, 211
      • .
a strong place, a closed place (?).
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Cf. fæsten ; III
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  • In byrgennum ł fæstnungum

    monumentis (has munimentis been read ?),

    • Mk. L. 5, 5.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. festinunga affirmatio, confirmatio, assertio.
]
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v. ge-, hand-, ymb-fæstnung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fæstnung.” 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/44454.

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