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stefn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§81; §219; §293; §369;
a turn, time
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  • Ðá besæt sió fierd hié (the Danes) ðǽr ða hwíle ðe hié ðær lengest mete hæfdon, ac hié hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne

    the English force had sat out its turn of service,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31.
  • But the word occurs mostly in phrases

    Ðá Noe ongan níwan stefne

    (anew, a second time)

    hám staðelian,
      Cd. Th. 94, 2; Gen. 1555: Beo. Th. 5181; B. 2594.
  • Eft ... niówan stefne,

      3582; B. 1789: Andr. Kmbl. 2607; An. 1305: Cd. Th. 113, 12; Gen. 1886.
  • Hé hine Cyriacus syððan nemde níwan stefne

    he afterwards named him afresh Cyriacus,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2119; El. 1061.
  • Emb stemn

    uicissim,

      Germ. 388, 77.
  • Emb stem,

      Scint. 140, 17.
a body of persons who take their turn at any work (v. fird-stemn),
the English military force(?)
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  • On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ),

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33.
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v. stefnan, stefning.
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  • stefn, n.