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stirne

  • adjective
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Grammar
stirne, adj.
Stern, hard, austere, rigorous, severe
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  • Ic wát ðæt ðú eart swíðe styrne mann

    scio quia homo durus es

    (Mt.
      25, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 552, 31.
  • Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum,

      L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3. [God
    ] hæfde styrne mód, gegremed grymme, Cd. Th. 4, 28 ; Gen. 60.
Etymology
[Se cyng heafde gifen ꝥ abbotríce án Frencisce abbot . . . hé wæs swíðe styrne man, Chr. 1070 ; Erl. 207, 32. Laym. A. R. sturne : Orm. stirne.]
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v.  styrne.
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