fæste

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛstə/, [ˈfɛsd̥ə] Homophone: feste === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish fæstæ, from Proto-Germanic *fastiją, cognate with Norwegian feste, Swedish fäste. Derived from *fastuz (“firm”). ==== Noun ==== fæste n (singular definite fæstet, plural indefinite fæster) hold, foothold (a firm grip or stand) hilt, handle (a place to hold thing) (historical) copyhold, foothold (transfer of the right to use a property to another person) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fæstebonde ==== References ==== “fæste,1” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === From Old Danish fæstæ, from Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną, cognate with Norwegian feste, Swedish fästa, German festen. Derived from *fastuz (“firm”). ==== Verb ==== fæste (past tense fæstede, past participle fæstet) to fasten, fix (dated) to engage, hire (especially household) (historical) to give in copyhold (to transfer of the right to use a property to another person) (historical) to give away in marriage (reflexive) to notice (with the preposition ved) Jeg fæster mig ved, at... I notice that... ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fæstning ==== References ==== “fæste,2” in Den Danske Ordbog == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæs.te/ Rhymes: -æs.te === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== fæste inflection of fæstan: first-person singular present indicative preterite/present subjunctive plural first/third-person singular preterite indicative === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== fæste inflection of fæst: strong feminine accusative singular strong masculine/feminine nominative/accusative plural weak neuter/feminine nominative singular weak neuter accusative singular === Etymology 3 === From fæst (“firm”) +‎ -e (“-ly”). ==== Adverb ==== fæste firmly, fastly, tightly ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: fast, faste English: fast ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fæste”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.