fæsten

See also: fästen

Old English

Alternative forms

  • fæstn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fastuni, from Proto-Germanic *fastunją. Equivalent to fæst +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæs.ten/

Noun

fæsten n

  1. fortified place: stronghold, fortress, castle; a place of strength; wall, bulwark
  2. an inclosed place, cloister
  3. fasting, a fast
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Witodlīċe þis fēowertiġfealde fæsten wæs āsteald on ðǣre Ealdan Gėcȳðnysse, 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.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fæsten fæstenu
accusative fæsten fæstenu
genitive fæstenes fæstena
dative fæstene fæstenum

Derived terms

  • fæstenbehæfednes
  • fæstenbryċe
  • fæstendæġ
  • fæstendīċ
  • fæstenġeat
  • fæstenġeweorc
  • fæstennes
  • fæstentīd

Descendants

  • Middle English: fasten, faste
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