(a) A commemorative religious celebration; a church holy day or anniversary other than a fast, a church festival; holden, kepen, maken feste, observe a church festival; halwen, worshipen feste……
Of a state or position: (a) (stick) fast; (sit) tight or immovably; (stand) firm; (be) firmly (established); cleven faste, adhere; (b) lien faste (a bedde), be confined (to bed) by illness; (c) close……
