Fast

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 184

fast, adj. firm fixed steadfast, adv. firmly: soundly or sound (asleep),— Fast by, close to. [A.S. fiest Ger. fest allied to /a ert, to seize m 5 te mOte mCTOn then. 184 IMG:page-184.webp:Page 184 n n Fast