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*bif
a
stijan
to make fast, secure
Source:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/bifastijan#Proto-West_Germanic
Consistency issue
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Words originating from this one
OE
befæstan
'to fasten' (bifastijan
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bifæstijan
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bifæstjan
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bifestjan
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bifestan) through pwgmc-to-oe