Participles
| Present | befæstende |
| Past | befæsted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | befæste |
| 2nd sing. | befæstest; befæst |
| 3rd sing. | befæsteþ; befæst |
| 1st plur. | befæstaþ |
| 2nd plur. | befæstaþ |
| 3rd plur. | befæstaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | befæste |
| 2nd sing. | befæstest |
| 3rd sing. | befæste |
| 1st plur. | befæston |
| 2nd plur. | befæston |
| 3rd plur. | befæston |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | befæste |
| 2nd sing. | befæste |
| 3rd sing. | befæste |
| 1st plur. | befæsten |
| 2nd plur. | befæsten |
| 3rd plur. | befæsten |
Past
| 1st sing. | befæste |
| 2nd sing. | befæste |
| 3rd sing. | befæste |
| 1st plur. | befæsten |
| 2nd plur. | befæsten |
| 3rd plur. | befæsten |
Imperative
| Singular | befæst |
| Plural | befæstaþ |
Verbs similar to 'befæstan'
befæstnian,
behlæstan,
berstan,
blæstan,
efestan,
efstan,
fæstan,
gelæstan,
amæstan,
bætan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bifastijan, equivalent to be- (“around”) + fæstan (“to secure, fasten”).
Verbs referencing "befæstan"
English
befast.
Sample Sentences
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If thou have any good steward that can well hold that which thou gettest and committest unto him, show him to me; […] [late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies ...Gyf ðū ēnigne gōdne heorde hæbbe þe wel cunne healdan þæt þæt þū gestrēone and him befæste, scēawa hyne me;[…]]
Cognates
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