rootfastadj.

Brit.

/ˈruːtfɑːst/,

/ˈruːtfast/, U.S.

/ˈrutˌfæst/,

/ˈrʊtˌfæst/

Forms: see root n.¹ and fast adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Swedish lexical item. Etymons: root n.¹, fast adj.

Etymology: < root n.¹ + fast adj. Originally perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic rótfastr , Old Swedish rotfaster (Swedish rotfast )), although compare earthfast adj. In later use apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.; in quot. 1839 after Swedish rotfästad firmly fixed (1825 in the passage translated, or earlier), use as adjective of past participle of rotfästa to plant, to make stable (Old Swedish rotfästa, used reflexively).

Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use).

Firmly held by the roots. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative: securely established; firmly fixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed

steadfast993

fastOE

rootfastlOE

sicker1297

sada1333

well-rooted1340

rooteda1393

surec1400

surefast1533

unremoved1551

fixed1577

implanted1595

firm1600

seateda1616

secure1675

tight1687

sitfast1837

locked1895

the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [adjective] > having taken root

rootfastlOE

rooteda1393

under-rooted1485

struck1856

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established

rootfastlOE

stablec1290

institutec1325

sad1340

firmc1374

rooteda1393

stabledc1400

substantialc1449

well-foundeda1450

surec1475

standing1549

afloat1551

well-established1559

steadyc1571

naturalized1590

erected1603

established1642

instituted1647

settled1649

riveted1652

radicate1656

inrooted1660

institute1668

statuminated1674

planted1685

stablished1709

deep-seated1741

founded1771

set-up1856

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Þa beþohte he him þet gif he mihte ben rotfest on Engleland þet he mihte habben eal his wille.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 11703 Wiþ þis stert vp þis tree rotefast [Vesp. stedfast]. and þer hit stode a welle oute-brast.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 289 Stedfastnesse..makyth a mannys herte styff as..a rotefast tre þat no storme may ouyrthrowe.

c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 260 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 394 Scho mycht nocht steryt be mare þane ware a rutfast tre.

a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 163 (MED) God of hys goodnes..a-bode, To loke yf man ȝyt wold hym dresse To mend þat he so forfete hadde; But nowt halpe yt þoo delayse, In man was so rote faste.

1839 G. Stephens tr. E. Tegnér Frithiof's Saga xi. 110 The root-fast [Sw. rotfästad] rock resisted Full hardly them between.

1897 McClure's Mag. Oct. 1095/2 Harry Lossing and another root-fast political friend were waiting at the depot.

1898 J. M. Wright Botany vii. 116 The animal world, which is maintained by the vegetable world, must provide the carriers for a large part of this pollen, for the flowers are root-fast.

1916 C. M. Doughty Titans iii. 72 They in fury each heap on other; in Earths twilight, Strokes, such as each had felled great root-fast oak!

1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit iii. 36 A character root-fast Like a man's in the deposit of all his acts.

1965 C. Woolrich Dark Side of Love 173 She didn't want to spend the little time there was left to spend standing in the center of a root-fast, cow-eyed crowd.

2005 M. O'Siadhail Love Life 42 Rootless me. And you rootfast Embedded, indigenous, earthbound.

Derivatives

ˈrootfastness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > state of being based or settled

radicationa1500

rootfastness1526

rootinga1620

moring1625

rootedness1625

fixture1809

rootage1823

basement1838

the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [noun] > hold or attachment by roots

rootfastness1526

rooting1763

rootage1917

1526 State P. Hen. VIII VI. 534 Whanne He shall perceeyue that the oolde tre for lakk of vegeetyue sprytis maye nott opteeyne perfect rotefastnesse.

1923 P. Rosenfeld Musical Chron. 156 Perhaps it is the rootfastness of generations; the century-long usedness to a certain condition of life..which liberates the man and harmonizes him.

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

单词	rootfast
释义	rootfastadj. Brit. /ˈruːtfɑːst/, /ˈruːtfast/, U.S. /ˈrutˌfæst/, /ˈrʊtˌfæst/ Forms: see root n.¹ and fast adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Swedish lexical item. Etymons: root n.¹, fast adj. Etymology: < root n.¹ + fast adj. Originally perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic rótfastr , Old Swedish rotfaster (Swedish rotfast )), although compare earthfast adj. In later use apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.; in quot. 1839 after Swedish rotfästad firmly fixed (1825 in the passage translated, or earlier), use as adjective of past participle of rotfästa to plant, to make stable (Old Swedish rotfästa, used reflexively). Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use). Firmly held by the roots. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative: securely established; firmly fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed steadfast993 fastOE rootfastlOE sicker1297 sada1333 well-rooted1340 rooteda1393 surec1400 surefast1533 unremoved1551 fixed1577 implanted1595 firm1600 seateda1616 secure1675 tight1687 sitfast1837 locked1895 the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [adjective] > having taken root rootfastlOE rooteda1393 under-rooted1485 struck1856 the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established rootfastlOE stablec1290 institutec1325 sad1340 firmc1374 rooteda1393 stabledc1400 substantialc1449 well-foundeda1450 surec1475 standing1549 afloat1551 well-established1559 steadyc1571 naturalized1590 erected1603 established1642 instituted1647 settled1649 riveted1652 radicate1656 inrooted1660 institute1668 statuminated1674 planted1685 stablished1709 deep-seated1741 founded1771 set-up1856 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Þa beþohte he him þet gif he mihte ben rotfest on Engleland þet he mihte habben eal his wille. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 11703 Wiþ þis stert vp þis tree rotefast [Vesp. stedfast]. and þer hit stode a welle oute-brast. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 289 Stedfastnesse..makyth a mannys herte styff as..a rotefast tre þat no storme may ouyrthrowe. c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 260 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 394 Scho mycht nocht steryt be mare þane ware a rutfast tre. a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 163 (MED) God of hys goodnes..a-bode, To loke yf man ȝyt wold hym dresse To mend þat he so forfete hadde; But nowt halpe yt þoo delayse, In man was so rote faste. 1839 G. Stephens tr. E. Tegnér Frithiof's Saga xi. 110 The root-fast [Sw. rotfästad] rock resisted Full hardly them between. 1897 McClure's Mag. Oct. 1095/2 Harry Lossing and another root-fast political friend were waiting at the depot. 1898 J. M. Wright Botany vii. 116 The animal world, which is maintained by the vegetable world, must provide the carriers for a large part of this pollen, for the flowers are root-fast. 1916 C. M. Doughty Titans iii. 72 They in fury each heap on other; in Earths twilight, Strokes, such as each had felled great root-fast oak! 1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit iii. 36 A character root-fast Like a man's in the deposit of all his acts. 1965 C. Woolrich Dark Side of Love 173 She didn't want to spend the little time there was left to spend standing in the center of a root-fast, cow-eyed crowd. 2005 M. O'Siadhail Love Life 42 Rootless me. And you rootfast Embedded, indigenous, earthbound. Derivatives ˈrootfastness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > state of being based or settled radicationa1500 rootfastness1526 rootinga1620 moring1625 rootedness1625 fixture1809 rootage1823 basement1838 the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [noun] > hold or attachment by roots rootfastness1526 rooting1763 rootage1917 1526 State P. Hen. VIII VI. 534 Whanne He shall perceeyue that the oolde tre for lakk of vegeetyue sprytis maye nott opteeyne perfect rotefastnesse. 1923 P. Rosenfeld Musical Chron. 156 Perhaps it is the rootfastness of generations; the century-long usedness to a certain condition of life..which liberates the man and harmonizes him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.lOE
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