æfæst
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ǣfæst
- firm in observing the law; religious; pious
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Benedictus wæs mid anum ǣfæstum were forþan þe his wīf wæs mid wōdnesse ġedreht.
- Benedict was with a pious man because his wife was afflicted with madness.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
[edit]Declension of ǣfæst — Strong
Declension of ǣfæst — Weak
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽfæst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “æfæst”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan