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fæste

Pronunciation: /fɛstə/

“fæste” is a Danish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. hold, foothold (a firm grip or stand)
  2. hilt, handle (a place to hold thing)
  3. copyhold, foothold (transfer of the right to use a property to another person)

verb

  1. to fasten, fix
  2. to engage, hire (especially household)
  3. to give in copyhold (to transfer of the right to use a property to another person)
  4. to give away in marriage
  5. to notice (with the preposition ved)

Etymology

From Old Danish fæstæ, from Proto-Germanic *fastiją, cognate with Norwegian feste, Swedish fäste. Derived from *fastuz (“firm”).

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