befæstnian

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bifastinōn, equivalent to be- +‎ fæstnian. Cognate with Old Frisian bifestnia, Middle Low German bevestenen, Old High German bifestinōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈfæst.ni.ɑn/ === Verb === befæstnian to fix to pledge, betroth; plight ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== befæstan === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “befæstnian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.