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Old English · verb

fæstan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈfæs.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈfæs · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
entrustfastfastencommend

fæstan1 · adjective · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of fæst:; weak accusative masculine/feminine singular

  2. inflection of fæst:; weak genitive/dative/instrumental singular

  3. inflection of fæst:; weak nominative/accusative plural

  4. Inflected form of fæst

fæstan2 · verb

Senses

  1. to fasten, make fast or firm, entrust, commit, commend

  2. to fast (abstain from food)

    Witodlīċe þis fēowertiġfealde fæsten wæs āsteald on ðǣre Ealdan Gėcyðnysse, ðāðā sē heretoga Moyses fæste fēowertiġ daga and fēowertiġ nihta tosamne, tō þȳ þæt hē moste Godes ǣ underfōn.

    Truly, this fortyfold fast was established in the Old Testament, where the leader Moses fasted for forty days and forty nights, so that he could be allowed to receive God's law.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of fæstan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fæstefæste
2nd singular fæstestfæstfæstest
3rd singular fæsteþfæstfæste
Plural fæstaþfæston
Subjunctive
Singular fæstefæste
Plural fæstenfæsten
Non-finite forms of fæstan
Form
Infinitive fæstan
Inflected infinitive fæstenne
Imperative singular fæst
Imperative plural fæstaþ
Present participle fæstende
Past participle fæstedġefæsted

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną (“to fasten”), *fastāną (“to fast”), derived from *fastuz (“fast, fixed, firm”).

Descendants

fast

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