yfastened set fast, fixed, fastened. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) lvii[i]. 7 Swa weax melteð, ᵹif hit byð wearmum neah fyre ᵹefæstnad.1340Ayenb. 107 Zuo yuestned ine þe loue and adrayngt in þe zuetnesse of god.c1430Two Cookery-bks. 50 Þan take a dysshe y-fastenyd on þe pelys ende.