Æt-fæstan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - æt-fæstan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

æt-fæstan
Add: I. to inflict :-- Æ(t)fæstan inpingere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72. II. to commit, entrust, deposit :-- Ædfæst depositum. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 4. II a. to give in marriage :-- Þá ætfæste hé mé míne efen-þeówene, seó þe wæs ǽr óðres gemecca. Shrn. 39, 8. Cf. oþ-fæstan. æt-fæstan
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