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1. fast adj.

81 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Firmly fixed or secured (in place or position); (b) stable, enduring, invariable (state); sound (sleep); stubborn (disease). …

2. word-fast adj.

Additional spellings: wordfast
2 quotations in 1 sense
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True to one’s word, reliable, faithful. …

3. wulder-fæste adj.

Additional spellings: wulderfæste
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Glorious. …

4. hōl-vast adj.

Additional spellings: holvast
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Pious. …

5. sọ̄thfast adj.

91 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Real, actual; genuine, authentic; sothfast man, a physically human man; (b) of confession: properly performed; of belief, love, obedience, patience, wisdom, etc.: real, genuine, true; (c) of God……

6. ārfest adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Kindly, gracious; (b) pious, virtuous. …

7. ōr-fest adj.

Additional spellings: orfest
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Pious, virtuous. …

8. fast-rēde adj.

Additional spellings: fastrede
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Having a fixed purpose, steadfast. …

9. lī̆f-fæst adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Quickened, living; also, life-giving. …

10. treu-fast adj.

Additional spellings: treufast
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Pious, religious, devout. …

11. sted-fastlī adv.

Additional spellings: stedfastli
71 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Resolutely, with unwavering belief, love, etc.; faithfully, devoutly; (b) seien sted-fastli, to assert, declare firmly; also, promise, pledge [1st quot.]; stonden sted-fastli, insist strongly. …

12. sted-fast adj.

Additional spellings: stedfast
172 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Of a person: firm in purpose, belief, faith, etc., unwavering, resolute; sted-fast in bileve (feith, etc.), sted-fast in herte (thought, etc.), etc.; sted-fast in god (order), faithful to God (a……

13. overfast(e adv.

Additional spellings: overfaste
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Too firmly or fixedly; (b) too hurriedly, too fast. …

14. blǣð-fæst adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Flourishing, prosperous. …

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