to fasten.pst.3sg
befæstan
V (v-weak-1)to fasten, make fast, fix
Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia (befæste)
originates from: PWGmc *bifastijan "to make fast, secure" (bifastijan > bifæstijan > bifæstjan > bifestjan > bifestan) through pwgmc-to-oeParadigmsInflected forms