festa

fix

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I)

(-sta, -str), v.

1) to make fast, fasten (festa skip, bát, hval);

2) to hang up (= festa upp);

festa á gálga, to hang on the gallows;

festa út til þerris, to hang out for drying;

festa e-t við e-t, to fasten to a thing;

3) in various fig. phrases,

festa trúnað á e-t, to believe in;

festa hug við e-t, to fix the mind upon;

festa yndi, to feel happy (in a place);

festa e-t í minni, to fix in the memory;

also absol., festa kvæði, to learn a poem by heart;

4) to settle, stipulate;

festa sátt mál, to make a settled agreement;

festa járn, to pledge oneself to the ordeal of red-hot iron;

5) to betroth (festa e-m dóttur sína);

6) impers. to cleave, stick fast (spjótit festi í skildinum);

eld festir, the fire catches, takes hold;

bein (acc.) festir, the bone unites (after a fracture);

7) refl., festast, to grow to, stick fast to (nafnit festist við hann);

bardagi festist, the battle closes up fast.

II)

f. bail, pledge (svardagi ok festa).

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u, f. a bail, pledge; svardagi ok f., Nj. 164, 240, Fms. iv. 268, 285, ix. 432, Eg. 227, Js. 40.

COMPD: festumaðr.