stedefæst
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stadifast, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastaz; equivalent to stede + -fæst.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stedefæst
- firmly fixed; rooted to one spot; secure
- (of a person, figurative) steadfast
Declension
[edit]Declension of stedefæst — Strong
Declension of stedefæst — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: stedefast, steddefast, stedefaste, stedeffast, stedfast, stedfaste, stidefast, stidfast, stodefast, studefast, studfast, studfaste, stydfast, stydfaste; stedefasst, studefest, studevest (Early Middle English); stedevast, stedevest (Kent)
Categories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms suffixed with -fæst
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives