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where motion is prevented,
to fix.
to make motionless that which can move
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  • Hé sealte ýþa gefæstnade,

      Ps. Th. 77, 15.
to place firmly that which can be moved
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  • Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod (gefæstnad

    firmatum,

      Lk. L. 16, 26) micel ðrosm, Hml. Th. i. 332, 17.

  • Næs ná þæs stronglic stán gefæstnod,

      Sat. 517.

  • Weax melteð gif hit byð neáh fýre gefæstnad,

      Ps. Th. 57, 7.
to fasten on
or to something (lit. or fig.)
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  • Fram eallum þám wítum þe ðú on mínum líce gefæstnodest (

    hast inflicted

    ),
      Hml. S. 8, 160.

  • Hé gefæstnode heora fét tó eorðan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 508, 17.

  • Hié mé on beorg ásetton, gefæstnodon mé (

    the cross

    ) þǽr feóndas,
      Kr. 33.

  • Ðæt hí hiora tóhopan gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum

    ut spem in bonis perennibus figant,

      Past. 393, 31.

  • Hé lét his líchoman on róde mid næglum gefæstnian,

      Bl. H. 85, 2.

  • Gefæstnod

    nodaretur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 12.

  • Wearð hé gefæstnod be þǽre swíþran handa tó þǽre bǽre,

      151, 18.

  • Róde gefæstnad,

      Cri. 1448.

  • Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid þǽre sýl

    confirmato vomere et cultro aratro,

      Coll. M. 19, 19.

  • Gefæsnode fixas (turmas quasi radicitus

    fixas

    ... immobiles manere fecit,
      Ald. 52, 6), An. Ox. 3777.
to fasten with a bond,
fetter
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  • Nǽfre hié se feónd feterum gefæstnað,

      Sal. 70.

  • Ðá ðe racentég gifæstnigað

    quos catena constringit,

      Rtl. 40, 23.

  • Hé þé gefæstnode clommum,

      An. 1380.

  • Hí woldan míne fótas gefæstnian,

      Ps. Th. 139, 5.

  • Hé ligeð on carcerne clommum gefæstnad,

      Cri. 735.
to imprison
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  • Se cyng genam Roger eorl and gefestnode hine (sette on prisun,

    v. l.

    ),
      Chr. 1075; P. 211, 14.
to make firm, establish
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  • Wæs getrymed

    vel gestaþolad vel gefæstnad firmaretur, i. consolidat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 67.
to make firm what is constructed
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  • Hé gefæstnude foldan staðelas

    fundavit terram super stabilitatem ejus,

      Ps. Th. 103, 6.

  • Hé rodor áhóf and gefæstnode folmum sínum,

      An. 522.

  • Þæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige,

      Jul. 649.

  • Wæs folde gefæstnad,

      Jul. 499.
to confirm an agreement, a compact, ratify a treaty, an arrangement, &c.,
establish (friendly) relations
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  • Cnut cyngc frið and freóndscipe betweox Denum and Englum fullíce gefæstnode,

      Ll. Lbmn. 278, 7.

  • Man fullne freóndscipe gefæstnode mid worde and mid wædde,

      Chr. 1014; P. 145, 11.

  • Hér gefestnode Eádward cyng frið wið Eást-Engla here,

      906; P. 95, 1.

  • Hí mid wedde and mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon,

      926; P. 107, 24.

  • Seó gerǽdnys þe míne witan gerǽddon, and nú mid wedde gefæstnodon,

      Ll. Th. i. 272, 4.

  • Swá hit gecweden is and mid weddum gefæstnod,

      236, 30, 33.

  • Ꝥ frið ꝥ ... ealle gecweden habbad and mid áðum gefæstnod (-feost-,

    v. l.

    ),
      152, 4.

  • Hæfdon Eoforwícingas hire geháten, and sume on wedde geseald, sume mid áþum gefæstnod, ꝥ hí on hyre rǽdenne beón woldon,

      Chr. 918; P. 105, 24.
to confirm the condition of an object,
make stable, constant, establish
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  • Hé ðeignas gefæstnigeð

    discipulos confirmat,

      Mt. p. 16, 6.

  • Gefæstnaðe,

      Lk. p. 11, 13.

  • Gehýr þis herespel and þínne hyge gefæstna,

      Sch. 37.

  • Ríce is þín rǽde gefæstnod,

      Ps. Th. 144, 13.

  • Ꝥte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode and getrymede wǽron,

      Ll. Th. i. 102, 9.
to settle, determine, fix a plan, course, &c.
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  • Þá gefæstnode hé þisne rǽd wið þæt werod ... Ðá ðá hí ealle hæfdon þisne rǽd betwux him gefæstnod,

      Hml. Th. i. 10, 26-29.

  • Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þæs dæges þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 164.
to
confirm, corroborate a statement
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  • Ofer ðone ungeleáffulle wrǽððo geunia gefæstnað

    super incredulum iram manere confirmat,

      Jn. p. 4, 3: Lk. p. 7, 19.

  • Dóm his sóð uoere gefæstnade

    iudicium suum uerum esse confirmans,

      Jn. p. 5, 11.

  • Gefæstnade

    testatur,

    p.
      4, 13.

  • Ágann Landfranc atýwian mid openum gesceáde ꝥ hé mid rihte crafede ... and mid strangan cwydan ꝥ ylce gefæstnode,

      Chr. 1070; P. 206, 14.
of steady action
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  • Woruldlufe ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlað, and nǽnne stæpe on Godes wege ne gefæstnað (

    does not take one firm step on the road to God

    ),
      Hml. Th. i. 514, 22.
to make safe, to secure.
to secure against attack,
fortify
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  • Hé þæt eálond begyrde and gefæstnade mid díce,

      Bd. 1, 5; Sch. 17, 20.

  • Hí gefæstnadon ꝥ byrgenn

    munierunt sepulchrum,

      Mt. L. 27, 66.

  • Gefeastnodon, p,

      20, 3.

  • Gifæstnado mið fultumum

    munita praesidiis,

      Rtl. 63, 8.

  • Geofonhúsa mǽst innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod wið flóde,

      Gen. 1323.

  • Hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht,

      Jul. 400.

  • Wé on þǽre wícstówe gesundlíce wícodon, and ic hæfde mid fæstene gefæstnad ꝥ ús deór ne sceððan meahten,

      Nar. 21, 31.
to prevent encroachment on, to make one's own
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  • Tó hwon heólde þú hit þé ánum ... þæt mihte manegum genihtsumian ? unýðe þé wæs þæt þú hit eall ne mihtest gefæstnian ne mid inseglum beclýsan,

      Wlfst. 259, 20.
to commit, entrust. Cf. be-fæstan
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  • Gifæstna

    accommoda,

      Rtl. 105, 37.

  • Gifæstnia

    commendet,

      63, 1.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-festinón adfirmare, adstringere, confirmare.]
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v. ge-festnian in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fæstnian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/47883.

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