Ge-festnian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-festnian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-festnian
- p. ode; pp. od To fasten, make fast, confirm, shut up, imprison; firmāre, confirmāre, inclūdĕre :-- He ðæt mid áþe gefestnode he confirmed that with oath, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 4. Se cyng genam Roger eorl his mǽg, and gefestnode hine the king took earl Roger his kinsman and imprisoned him, 1075; Erl. 214, 5. Ðe be swylcre gewittnesse gefestnod is which is confirmed by such witness, Th. Diplm. A. D. 856; 117, 18.