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Grammar
fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
Wright's OE grammar
§640;
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of firm counsel.
of persons or personifications
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  • Sió wiþerwearde wyrd is sió sóþe gesælþ, þeáh hwæ-acute;m swá ne þince, for þám heó is fæstrǽd and gehǽt simle ꝥte sóþ biþ

    adversa fortuna semper vera est, cum se instabilem mutatione demonstrat,

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • F. 70, 32
      • .

  • Drihten is fæstrǽd and fremsum

    benignus est Dominus,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 3
      • .

  • Jacobus fród and fæstrǽd folca láreów

    James wise and firm teacher of men,

    • Men. 135
      • .

  • Se wísa and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde . . . Caton

    rigidus Cato,

    • Met. 10, 49
      • .

  • Hé cwæð mid olecunge ꝥ hí æþele cempan wǽron, and on ǽlcum gefeohte fæstrǽde him betwynan

    (constant to one another),

    • Hml. S. 11, 21
      • .
of human attributes
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  • Ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste

    prius in eis, quae fortia prospicit, laudat,

    • Past. 213, 8
      • .

  • Uton habban fulne hyht and fæstrǽdne geleáfan on úrne Drihten,

    • Wlfst. 282, 5
      • .

  • Ánræ-acute; dne geleáfan and fæstrǽde geþanc tó úrum Drihtne,

    • 101, 23
      • .

  • Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc

    they cannot cast down my constant mind,

    • Hml. S. 8, 20
      • .
Etymology
[
He is nu ripe and fastrede, ne lust him nu to none unrede, O. and N. 211.
Cf. Icel. fast-ráðinn determined.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fæst-rǽd.” 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/44455.

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