fæstan in Old English

IPA: /ˈfæs.tɑn/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną (“to fasten”), *fastāną (“to fast”), derived from *fastuz (“fast, fixed, firm”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*fastijaną||to fasten}} Proto-Germanic *fastijaną (“to fasten”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} fæstan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|fæstan<w1>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], fæstan [infinitive], fæstenne [infinitive], fæste [first-person, present, singular], fæste [first-person, past, singular], fæstest [present, second-person, singular], fæst [present, second-person, singular], fæstest [past, second-person, singular], fæsteþ [present, singular, third-person], fæst [present, singular, third-person], fæste [past, singular, third-person], fæstaþ [plural, present], fæston [past, plural], fæste [present, singular], fæste [past, singular], fæsten [plural, present], fæsten [past, plural], fæst [imperative, past, present, singular], fæstaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], fæstende [imperative, present], fæsted [imperative, past], ġefæsted [imperative, past]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "fæstende",
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      "form": "fæsted",
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      "form": "ġefæsted",
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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWitodlīċe 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.",
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"fæstan" meaning in Old English

Verb

Inflected forms