Etymology

Vbl. n. formed on fest; cp. OIcel festing.

PGmc Ancestor

*fastjan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

festa ‘to fasten; hang up; fix, settle, stipulate’; cp. festing n.
(ONP festa (2) (vb.); festing (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far festa, Icel festa, Norw festa, Dan fæste, Sw fästa

OE Cognate

fæstan 'to fasten, make firm, ratify, establish'

Phonological and morphological markers

[i-mutation] (possibly diagnostic)

Summary category

CC2c

Attestation

See fest.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 2482, 2590

Bibliography

MED fastinge (ger.1), OED fasting (n.1), Dance fest, Bj. 237, de Vries festa (2), Mag. festa, Heid. fasta-, Orel *fastjanan, AEW fæstan (1), DOE fæstan (1)