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staþol-fæst

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staþol-fæst, adj.
Steadfast, stable, firm; stabilis,
    Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 3.
in a physical sense
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  • On ðam feórþan mónþe hé (

    the foetus

    ) biþ on limum staþolfæst,
      Lchdm. iii. 146, 11.

  • Staðolfæst stán (

    glosses

    Petrus),
      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 18.

  • Beðearf seó sáwel staðolfæstre brycge ofer ðone glideran weg hellewítes,

      Wulfst. 239, 14.

  • Staleðfæste (l. staðel-) tremmincge

    firmo fulcimento,

      Hpt. Gl. 439, 63.
stationary, keeping in one place
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  • Staþolfæst ne mæg gewunian in gebedstówe,

      Exon. Th. 265, 1; Jul. 374.

  • Faraþ hý geond missenlíce þeóda, néfre staþolfeste, nǽfre wuniende, náhwár sittende,

      R. Ben. 135, 23.
firm in a moral sense,
unwavering, unyielding, constant
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  • God is ána staþolfæst wealdend,

      Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 241; An. 121.

  • Staðulfæst,

      2673; An. 1338.

  • Swíðe geþungen on his ðeáwum and staðolfæst on his wordum

    not to be moved from what he had said,

      Blickl. Homl. 217, 7.

  • Staðolfæst on hire heortan wið deófies costnungum,

      Wulfst. 237, 12.

  • Beó strang and staðulfæst

    confortare et esto robustus

      Deut. 31, 7.

  • Ic eów friðe healde strengðu staþolfæstre,

      Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490.

  • Mid steaðulfestum aldum

    cum stabilito sene,

      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 194, 27.
  • Sele mé staðolfæste heortan, Anglia xi. 114, 71.

  • Staðolfæstne geðoht,

      Salm. Kmbl. 478; Sal. 239. 70
    manna of folces ealdrum ðe ðú wite ðæt sín staðulfæste and láreówas, Num. 11, 16.

  • Onginnaþ esnlíce and beóþ staðulfæste

    viriliter agite et confortamini,

      Deut. 31, 6.
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v. un-, under-staþolfæst.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “staþol-fæst.” 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/28793.

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