æfestnes

== Old English == === Etymology === ǣ (“law”) +‎ fæstnes (“firmness, rigor”) === Noun === ǣfestnes f piety, devotion ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǽ-festnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.