Noun: landfæsten
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | landfæsten |
| Plural | landfæsten |
Genitive
| Singular | landfæstenes |
| Plural | landfæstena |
Dative
| Singular | landfæstene |
| Plural | landfæstenum |
Accusative
| Singular | landfæsten |
| Plural | landfæsten |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd. (Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.)
Nouns inflected like landfæsten
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From land (“land”) + fæsten (“fortified place”)
Translations