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steóra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
steóra, stiéra, styra, an; m.
One who directs the course of a ship,
lit.
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  • Steóra gubernio, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 7: gubernator, 56, 17:

    proreta,

    ii.
      69, 5: 75, 10.
  • Swelce se stióra slépe on midre sǽ and forlure ðæt stiórróður ... Se biþ swíðe onlíc ðæm stióran ðe his stiórróðor forliést on sǽ

    quasi dormiens in medio mari et quasi sopitus gubernator amissoclavo ... Quasi clavum gubernator amittit,

      Past. 56, 3; Swt. 431, 30-36.
  • Gelic ðam scipe búton ǽlcum steóran, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 21.
fig.
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  • God is steóra and steórróþer, forðæm hé reht and rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá god steóra (stióra,

      Cott. MS.) ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25.
Etymology
[Ilc ðhusent adde a meister wold, and under ðis tȝen steres ben, Gen. and Ex. 3413. O. H. Ger. stiuro gubernator, nauclerus: Icel. stjóri a ruler (poet.).]
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v. fore-, scip-steóra.
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v.  steórere stiéra.
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