earthfastadj.

Brit.

/ˈəːθfɑːst/,

/ˈəːθfast/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌfæst/

Forms: see earth n.¹ and fast adj.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian erthfest , Middle Low German ērtvast , Middle Dutch ertvast (Dutch aardvast ), German erdfest (17th cent.), Old Icelandic jarðfastr , Swedish jordfast (17th cent.), Old Danish, Danish jordfast < the Germanic base of earth n.¹ + the Germanic base of fast adj.

Esp. of a stone: fixed in the ground. Also figurative.From the 16th to the 18th centuries chiefly Scots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > so as to be firmly fixed > in the ground

earthfastOE

ground-fast1659

sitfast1795

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position > in the ground or a surface

earthfastOE

well-planted?1531

pitched1549

pight1584

yirdfasta1783

planted1806

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 372 Sume men synd swa ablende, þæt hi bringað heora lac to eorðfæstum stane.

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 322 Þa arleasan..læddon þone geleaffullan cyning to anum eorðfæstum [c1175 Bodl. eorðfestum] treowe, and tigdon hine þærto mid heardum bendum.

1512 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 139 Cumand..to ane mekle erdfast crage.

1615 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 325 Keipand..lineallie to ane great eardfast standand stane in the hie gett.

1738 in H. Hamilton Select. Monymusk Papers (1945) 34 Southwards at the poynt now marked for that purpose, taking two eard fast stons into the line of it.

1799 W. Scott Shepherd's Tale l. 152 in Poet. Wks. (1841) 626 Each steed stood stiff as an earthfast cliff.

1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell II. v. iv. 267 The largest trees were uptorn from their earthfast roots, and hurled like straws before the whirlwind.

1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 199 No runic earthfast monument of any kind..has ever been found in any Saxon or German territory.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Earthfast, said of a stone appearing on the surface but fast in the earth.

1881 A. Leslie tr. A. E. Nordenskiöld Voy. Vega I. ii. 97 A box..fixed to the ground with earthfast stakes and cross-bars.

1939 Musical Q. 25 517 The feeling seems to comprehend the essence of a humanity without either intellectuality or constructive ability, but earthfast and still in possession of primitive passion, sweetness, and joie de vivre.

1999 Oxoniensia 63 228 This is impossibly narrow for a sill-beam and points almost inevitably to earth-fast vertical timbers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earthfast
释义	earthfastadj. Brit. /ˈəːθfɑːst/, /ˈəːθfast/, U.S. /ˈərθˌfæst/ Forms: see earth n.¹ and fast adj. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian erthfest , Middle Low German ērtvast , Middle Dutch ertvast (Dutch aardvast ), German erdfest (17th cent.), Old Icelandic jarðfastr , Swedish jordfast (17th cent.), Old Danish, Danish jordfast < the Germanic base of earth n.¹ + the Germanic base of fast adj. Esp. of a stone: fixed in the ground. Also figurative.From the 16th to the 18th centuries chiefly Scots. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > so as to be firmly fixed > in the ground earthfastOE ground-fast1659 sitfast1795 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position > in the ground or a surface earthfastOE well-planted?1531 pitched1549 pight1584 yirdfasta1783 planted1806 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 372 Sume men synd swa ablende, þæt hi bringað heora lac to eorðfæstum stane. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 322 Þa arleasan..læddon þone geleaffullan cyning to anum eorðfæstum [c1175 Bodl. eorðfestum] treowe, and tigdon hine þærto mid heardum bendum. 1512 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 139 Cumand..to ane mekle erdfast crage. 1615 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 325 Keipand..lineallie to ane great eardfast standand stane in the hie gett. 1738 in H. Hamilton Select. Monymusk Papers (1945) 34 Southwards at the poynt now marked for that purpose, taking two eard fast stons into the line of it. 1799 W. Scott Shepherd's Tale l. 152 in Poet. Wks. (1841) 626 Each steed stood stiff as an earthfast cliff. 1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell II. v. iv. 267 The largest trees were uptorn from their earthfast roots, and hurled like straws before the whirlwind. 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 199 No runic earthfast monument of any kind..has ever been found in any Saxon or German territory. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Earthfast, said of a stone appearing on the surface but fast in the earth. 1881 A. Leslie tr. A. E. Nordenskiöld Voy. Vega I. ii. 97 A box..fixed to the ground with earthfast stakes and cross-bars. 1939 Musical Q. 25 517 The feeling seems to comprehend the essence of a humanity without either intellectuality or constructive ability, but earthfast and still in possession of primitive passion, sweetness, and joie de vivre. 1999 Oxoniensia 63 228 This is impossibly narrow for a sill-beam and points almost inevitably to earth-fast vertical timbers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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