fastr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.
Adjective
fastr
- fast, firm, sticking fast to the spot
- close, close-fisted
- firm, faithful
- strong, hard
Descendants
- Icelandic: fastur
- Faroese: fastur
- Norwegian: fast
- Old Swedish: faster
- Swedish: fast
- Danish: fast
References
- “fastr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press