æfæst

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ǣwfæst === Etymology === From ǣ +‎ -fæst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæːˌfæst/ === Adjective === ǣfæst firm in observing the law; religious; pious late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints ==== Declension ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǽfæst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. John R. Clark Hall (1916), “æfæst”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan