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stede-fæst

  • adjective
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Grammar
stede-fæst, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§267;
Steadfast, constant, holding one's ground
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  • Wíslíc wærscipe and steðefæst (styde-,

      MS. G.)
    módstaðol biþ witena gehwilcum weorðlícre micle, ðonne hé his wísan for ǽnigum þingum fágige tó swiðe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 38.
  • Stódon stædefæste

    they stood unyielding,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 33; By. 127.
  • Ne þurfon mé stedefæste hæleð wordum ætwítan,

      139, 5; By. 249.
Etymology
[Icel. stað-fastr.]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • stede-fæst, adj.