Fæstnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fæstnes

Add: (1) stability. III :-- Þæs wealles micelness and fæstness murorum firmitas et magnitudo, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 14. (2)tenacity. Cf. fæst; I [ :-- Seó fastnysse þæs yfeles wǽtan on þan heáfede, Lch. iii. 130, 7.] (3) resolution, vigour, firmness. Cf. fæst; II :-- Sameramis féng tó þám ríce mid mycelre fæstnesse (réþnesse, v. l.) and wrǽnnesse (cf. Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 14-35), Ors. 1, 2 tit. ; Th. 513, 4. v. ymb-fæstness. fæst-nes,fæstnes

Related words: fæst;