ǽ-fæstnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

ǽ-fæstnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -festnes, -nys, -ness, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ǽ-fæstnes

f. Firmness in the law, religion; religio :-- He wæs mycelre ǽfæstnesse wer he was a man of much religion, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 7: 2, 9; S. 510, 30, 32. æ-fæstnes

Runic Inscription

ǽ-ᚠᚫᛋᛏᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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