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fastr

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1. [wanting in , who renders βέβαιος by tulgus; but common to all other idioms; fæst; fast; fasti; fest; Swed.-Dan. fast]:—fast, firm, with the notion of sticking fast to the spot; hrútr (held fast, entangled) á meðal viða, 655 vii. 2; fastr á velli, standing fast, in a battle, xi. 246; vera, standa fyrir, to stand fast, Þorst. St. 53; á fótum, of a bondsman whose feet are bound fast to the soil, ii. 192, 27: grið-fastr, home-bound, of a servant: the phrase, e-t er fast fyrir, a thing is hard to win, difficult, 94, xi. 32, 154.
β. fast, close; í verkum, hard at work, i. 135 ( 1853); þeir menn allir er í dómi sitja eðr í gögnum eru fastir, engaged, 488; fastr ok fégjarn, close and covetous, x. 420; af drykk, iii. 125.γ. of a meeting; þá er sóknar-þing er fast, during the session, i. 422: sam-fastr, fast together, continuous, 156; á-fastr, δ. firm; , fast heit, loforð, , a fast, faithful promise, word, 29; föst trú, fast faith, stað-f., steadfast; geð-f., trú-f., vin-f., ε. bound to pay; at aurum eigi meirum en hann var fastr, to the amount of his debt, i. 36.ζ. , fast atkvæði, a hard syllable ending in a double consonant, 171.
2. in various phrases; sitja fast, to sit fast, 372; standa fast, to stand fast, 33; halda , to hold fast, i. 159; binda fast, to bind fast, Ísl. ii. 103, i. 530; liggja fast, to be fast set, steadfast, of the eyes, ii. 189; drekka fast, to drink hard, ii. 259; sofa fast, to be fast asleep, i. 9; þegja fast, to be dumb, not say a word, 655 xxxi A. 4; leita fast eptir, to urge, press hard, 322; fylgja fast, to follow fast, 26, ii. 505; eldask fast, to age fast, 150; ryðjask um fast, to make a hard onslaught, 9; leggja fast at, to close with one in a sea-fight, ii. 312, hence fastr bardagi, a close engagement, 272; telja fast á e-n, to give one a severe lesson, ii. 119.
β. as , hyrndr fast, very much horned, 69.γ. the phrase, til fasta, fast, firmly; ráða, mæla, heita til , to make a firm agreement, 61, 20, ii. 125; the phrase, fyrir fullt ok fast, definitively.
2. the prey of a bear which he drags into his lair; fastra, of a bear, to drag a carcase into his lair (Norse); hence the phrase, liggja á fasti, of a wild beast devouring its prey, 235 (of a white bear). now say, liggja á pasti, and in sense pastr, vigour, energy; pastrs-lauss, weak, feeble,
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