befæstnian

Old English

Etymology

From be- + fæstnian. Cognate with Old Frisian bifestna.

Verb

befæstnian

  1. To fix.
  2. To pledge, betroth; plight.

Conjugation

References

  • befæstnian in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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