festa -sta, -str v
1.
to make fast, fasten (f skip, bát, hval);
2.
to hang up ( =fupp) ; f á gálga, to hang on the gallows; f út til þerris, to hang out for drying; f e-t við e-t, to fasten to a thing in various fig phrases, festa trúnað ;á e-t, to believe in f hug við e-t, to fix the mind upon; f yndi, to feel happy (in a place); f e-t í minni, to fix in the memory ; also absol, f, kvæði, to learn a poem by heart;
3.
to settle, stipulate; f sátt mál, to make a settled agreement; f járn, to pledge oneself to the ordeal of red-hot iron;
4.
to betroth (f e-m dóttur sína) ;
5.
impers to cleave, stick fast (spjótit festi í skildinum) ; eld festir, the fire catches, takes hold;bein (acc) festir, the bone unites (after a fracture) :
6.
refl, festast, to grow to, stick fast to (nafnit festist við hann) ; bardagi festist, the battle closes up fast
