stefn
- noun [ masculine ]
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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.
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Eft ... niówan stefne,
- 3582; B. 1789: Andr. Kmbl. 2607; An. 1305: Cd. Th. 113, 12; Gen. 1886.
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Hé hine Cyriacus syððan nemde níwan stefne
he afterwards named him afresh Cyriacus,
- Elen. Kmbl. 2119; El. 1061.
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Emb stemn
uicissim,
- Germ. 388, 77.
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Emb stem,
- Scint. 140, 17.
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On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ),
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33.
Bosworth, Joseph. “stefn.” 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/28844.
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