OpphavFrom Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną. Factitive of fast (“(stead)fast”).
(rent farming land): Calque of Danish fæste.
- to fasten, to make fast
- to rent a farming land, to copyhold
- to party
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular of fest f
- definite, form-of, pluraldefinite plural of feste n
Formerfestar(present) · fester(present) · festa(past) · feste(past) · festa(participle, past) · fest(participle, past) · festande(participle, present) · fest(imperative) · feste(alternative) · festast(infinitive, passive) · festa(imperative) · festi(alternative)
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