fæste
Danish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Danish fæstæ, from Proto-Germanic *fastiją, cognate with Norwegian feste, Swedish fäste. Derived from *fastuz (“firm”).
Noun
editfæste 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
editDeclension of fæste
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “fæste,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Danish fæstæ, from Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną, cognate with Norwegian feste, Swedish fästa, German festen. Derived from *fastuz (“firm”).
Verb
editfæste (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...
- Jeg fæster mig ved, at...
Conjugation
editInflection of fæste
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “fæste,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Old English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editfæste
- inflection of fæstan:
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editfæste
- inflection of str:
Etymology 3
editEtymology
editFrom fæst (“firm”) + -e (“-ly”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editfæste
- firmly, fastly, tightly
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- …þæt biþ in eorle · indryhten þēaw,
þæt hē his ferðlocan · fæste binde,
healde his hordcōfan; · hyċġe swā hē wille.- …that a noble habit is in a brave man,
that he would tightly bind his spirit,
keep his treasure-chamber; think as he want.
- …that a noble habit is in a brave man,
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fæste”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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