Eáw-fæst
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eáw-fæst
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- eáw-fæst
- adj. [eáw = ǽw, ǽ law; fæst fast, fixed] Firm in observing the law, religious, pious; religiōsus, pius :-- Gregorius wæs of æðelborenre mægþe and eáwfæstre acenned Gregory was born of a noble and pious family, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 7. Se eáwfæsta papa the pious pope, ii. 118, 8. Mid eáwfæstum þeáwum relĭgiōsis mōrĭbus, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 4.