Or, oftener, the dative: fēond-grāpum fæst,
_(held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637;
fȳrbendum
fæst, _fast in
the forged hinges_, 723; handa fæst, 1291, etc.
Beowulf
fægre fricgean, 1986; similarly, 2990.
fær, st. n., _craft, ship_: nom. sg., 33.
fæst, adj., _bound, fast_: nom. sg. bið se slǣp tō fæst, 1743; acc. sg.
frēondscipe fæstne, 2070; fæste frioðuwǣre, 1097.--The prep. on stands to
denote the where or wherein: wæs tō fæst on þām (sc. on fǣhðe and fyrene),
137; on ancre fæst, 303.
Or, oftener, the dative: fēond-grāpum fæst,
_(held) fast in his antagonist's clutch_, 637;
fȳrbendum
fæst, _fast in
the forged hinges_, 723; handa fæst, 1291, etc.
; hygebendum fæst (beorn him
langað), _fast (shut) in the bonds of his bosom, the man longs for_ (i.e.
in secret), 1879.--Comp: ār-, blǣd-, gin-, sōð-, tīr-, wīs-fæst.
