,
_fortified
place, or place difficult of access_: acc.
Beowulf
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.
fæste, adv. , _fæst_ 554, 761, 774, 789, 1296. --Comp. fæstor, 143.
be-fæstan, w. v. , _to give over_: inf. hēt Hildeburh hire selfre sunu
sweoloðe befæstan, _to give over to the flames her own son_, 1116.
fæsten, st. n.
, _fortified place, or place difficult of access_: acc. sg.
lēoda fæsten, _the fastness of the Gēatas_ (with ref. to 2327, 2334; fæsten
(Ongenþēow's castle or fort), 2951; fæsten (Grendel's house in the
fen-sea), 104.
fæst-rǣd, adj. , _firmly resolved_: acc. sg. fæst-rǣdne geþōht, _firm
determination_, 611.
fæt, st. m. , _way, journey_: in comp. sīð-fæt.
fæt, st. n. , _vessel; vase, cup_: acc. pl.
_(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.
fæste, adv. , _fæst_ 554, 761, 774, 789, 1296. --Comp. fæstor, 143.
be-fæstan, w. v. , _to give over_: inf. hēt Hildeburh hire selfre sunu
sweoloðe befæstan, _to give over to the flames her own son_, 1116.
fæsten, st. n.
, _fortified place, or place difficult of access_: acc. sg.
lēoda fæsten, _the fastness of the Gēatas_ (with ref. to 2327, 2334; fæsten
(Ongenþēow's castle or fort), 2951; fæsten (Grendel's house in the
fen-sea), 104.
fæst-rǣd, adj. , _firmly resolved_: acc. sg. fæst-rǣdne geþōht, _firm
determination_, 611.
fæt, st. m. , _way, journey_: in comp. sīð-fæt.
fæt, st. n. , _vessel; vase, cup_: acc. pl.
