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fästning

“fästning” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a strong, permanent defensive structure; a fortress, a stronghold, a fort
  2. a prison (housed in a similar structure)
  3. a prison sentence (served in the above)

Etymology

From Middle Low German vesteninge (“fortress”), from vesten (“to fasten, to secure”), from Old Saxon fast (“firm, secure”).

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