fastr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.

Adjective[edit]

fastr

fast, firm, sticking fast to the spot
close, close-fisted
firm, faithful
strong, hard

Descendants[edit]

Icelandic: fastur
Faroese: fastur
Norwegian: fast
Old Swedish: faster
- Swedish: fast
Danish: fast

References[edit]

“fastr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press

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