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b
e
fæstan
V (v-weak-1)
to fasten
, make fast, fix
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/3364
,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/befæstan#Old_English
originates from: PWGmc
*bifastijan
'to make fast, secure' (bifastijan
>
bifæstijan
>
bifæstjan
>
bifestjan
>
bifestan) through pwgmc-to-oe
Inflected forms
befæste
'to fasten
.pst.3sg
' (
oe-past-3sg
)
in
Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
Paradigms