† hetefasteadv.
Obsolete.
Firmly, securely, fast.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb]
fasteOE
fastlyeOE
hardOE
hetefastea1225
file-fasta1250
sickerlyc1275
stiff1525
tighta1625
soundly1632
starkly1819
tightlya1865
bracingly1874
a1225 Juliana 36 Bind him hetefeste [v.r. heteueste].
a1225 St. Marher. 10 His twa honden to his..cneon heteueste ibunden.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 277 Ure lauerd wes..instanene þruch bicluset heteuest [c1230 Corpus hete feste].
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 29 Haldeð him hetefeste.
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adv.a1225- to keep an open mind
- to keep an open shop
- to keep an opponency
- to keep any one's counsel
- to keep at
- to keep at it
- to keep at staff's end
- to keep at stall
- to keep at stave's end
- to keep at stick's end
- to keep at the stick's end
- to keep away
- to keep bach
- to keep bachelor's hall
- to keep back
- to keep body and soul together
- to keep body life and soul together
- to keep books
- to keep carry a stiff upper lip
- to keep cart on wheels
- to keep cases
- to keep cave
- to keep chapels
- to keep chup
- to keep church