fæstnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • fæstnis, fæstnys

Etymology

From fæst +‎ -nes.

Noun

fæstnes f (nominative plural fæstnessa)

  1. fastness, firmness, firmament, fortification, stability.
  2. tenacity, vigour, resolution.

Declension
Declension of fæstnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fæstnes fæstnessa, fæstnesse
accusative fæstnesse fæstnessa, fæstnesse
genitive fæstnesse fæstnessa
dative fæstnesse fæstnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: festnesse, fastnesse

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