befæstan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bifastijan, equivalent to be- (“around”) +‎ fæstan (“to secure, fasten”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈfæs.tɑn/ === Verb === befæstan (transitive) to fasten; fix; ground; establish; make safe; put in safe keeping (transitive) to apply; utilize; commend; entrust to (transitive) to commit late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== befæstnian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: befasten, bifesten English: befast