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Festin, v. Also: festyn, festen, festn-, festne. [ME. festne(n, festnin, OE. festnian, fæstnian. Cf. Fessin v.] tr. To fasten.(a) 1375 Barb. x. 402.
That maid a clap, quhen the cleket Wes festnyt fast in the kyrnell a1400 Leg. S. i. 686.
It is myn will On the croice to be festnyt swa c1420 Wynt. iv. 910.
Till a stane … He gert it festnyde be belywe Ib. viii. 4806.
He … thare-wyth festnyd wp his gere c1475 Wall. vii. 424.
In euirilk nuk thai festnyt blesis bald 1513 Doug. iii. v. 10.
Eneas festnyt thus This armour of the Grekis victorius c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1302.
Than come ane sort, … And in him festnit fyftene speiris 1593 St. A. Kirk S. 767.
Fornicatouris … thair to stand, festnit that thai may nocht remoif 1622-6 Bisset II. 134/18.
The foirsaid erde and stane that wes knit or festned in ane littill polk(b) c1420 Wynt. iii. 362.
His handys, Fast scho festynyde wytht thai bandys c1475 Wall. x. 855.
Athir othir festynyt with clippys keyn 1513 Doug. i. vii. 55.
The entre rays with hie stagis of bras, With bras alsso the cupplys festynyt was Ib. xii. xii. 85.
The twa bullys … duschand festynnys fast thar hornys stowt 1533 Bell. Livy I. 79/9.
He … festynnyt his spere throw his body to the erde 1566 Prot. Bk. T. Johnsoun 148.
The burdeis and treis … quhairwith the said mett awmre wes festinet with and nalitt to 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 153 b.
They festen and bindes them not with lether, or glew, as they sould do 1622-6 Bisset II. 200/1.
The maist and the ree called the croce pece quhairunto the saillis ar festynned

b. In figurative senses. Also absol. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 396.
Inne the which dame Aueryce Festened hyre rotes c1420 Wynt. vi. 1044.
Thai yheyd … in to that place, Quhare festnyd all thare cownandys was 1490 Irland Mir. I. 53/24.
He inducis him to syn, and syn bindis and festynnis him in syn c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 45.
Gif that ever ȝe luffit leyd … mair Nor thame that ȝe ȝour fayth hes festinit for euir 1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 86.
Ȝe knaw thair faith in tymes past; Thairfoir luke that ȝe festin fast 1596 Dalr. I. 210/5.
To festne and to rute it [sc. religion] into the hartes of wandireres by the way