efestan

\efestan¹ 1. wv/i1b to hasten, hurry, make haste, be quick; (1) of movement; (2) referring to rapid passage of time; þes middangeard tó ende efesteþ; (3) of prompt action, exertion; 2. wv/t1b w.g. to strive after, endeavor to do, undertake; [see ofestan]