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stǽnen

  • adjective
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Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §625;
stony. v. next word
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  • Se áfeól of his horse ofer stǽnene eorþan, and him wǽron ða limo gecnyssed,

      Shrn. 126, 18.

  • Of sandigum ł stǽnenum

    de arenosis,

      Hpt. Gl. 449, 26.
metaph.
of stone, stony, hard as stone,
in a good sense
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  • Ic ðé secge, ðæt ðú (

    Peter

    ) eart stǽnen, and ofer ðysne stán ic timbrige míne cyrcan,
      Homl. Th. i. 364, 23.
in a bad sense
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  • Hié, wǽron stǽnenre heortan and blindre,

      Blickl. Homl. 105, 27.

  • Hí hæfdon stǽnene heardnysse on heora heortan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 236, 21.

  • Hæfdon heortan stǽn[e]ne,

      Exon. Th. 40, 20; Cri. 641.
stone, made of stone, built of stone
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  • Stǽnen elefæt

    alabastrum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 40.

  • Stǽnen cyrice

    ecclesia de lapide facta,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 12.

  • Stǽnen bedd,

      Shrn. 69, 4.

  • Ðæt stǽnna fæt

    alabastrum,

      Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 14, 3.

  • Be ðære stǽnenan strǽte

    the paved way,

      Blickl. Homl. 189, 13.

  • Stǽnen weofod

    altare lapideum,

      Ex. 20, 25.

  • Weall stǽnene,

      Cd. Th. 101, 33; Gen. 1691.

  • Wíf hæbbende stǽnna (stǽna, Rush.) fulle smirinisse

    mulier habens alabdstrum unguenti,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 7.

  • Ða stǽnenan bredu

    the tables of stone,

      Past. 17; Swt. 125, 18: Ex. 31, 18.

  • Stǽnene (sǽnine,

      Lind.) wæterfatu, Jn. Skt. 2, 6.

  • Geond ealle ðás strǽt and stǽnene wegas,

      Homl. Skt. i. 14, 156.
Etymology
[Goth. staineins: O. Frs. sténen: O. H. Ger. steinín.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “stǽnen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28656.

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