[ fæst] I. ‘fast,’ fixed, firm, secure, steadfast, strong, BH, Bo, Lcd: stiff, heavy, dense, Lcd; Æ, AO, CP: made strong, fortified, BH; Æ: religious, Christian (book).

[II.] (Gu 192) = [fæsten]

[ ±fæstan] to fasten, make firm, ratify, establish, MkL, LkL: entrust, commit: ‘fast’ (‘i-fast’), abstain from food, A, Bl, Lcd; CP: atone for (by fasting), Da 592.

[ fæste] (e) ‘fast,’ firmly, securely, BH, Bo; Æ: straitly, strictly: heavily (sleep).

[ fæsten] n. fastness, stronghold, fortress, AO, CP: cloister, Æ: (±) fast (abstinence from food) Bl, LL, Mt, VPs; CP: firmament, sky. [‘fasten’]

[ fæstenbehæfednes] f. parsimony, WW 50410.

[ fæstenbryce] m. breach of fast, LL, W.

[ fæstendæg] m. fast-day, RB, W.

[ fæstendīc] m. fort-ditch, moat, Ct.

fæstengangol = [fæstgangol]