Obs. Sc. [f. FASTEN v. -ANCE.] Confinement, durance.
1425. Sc. Acts Jas. I. (1814), II. 11/2. Þe schiref sal ger … kep þaim in festynance.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, III. (1822), 225. I wil kepe him in festynens, quhil the day be cummin that he may be punist and slane afore the pepill.
