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steorfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
steorfan, p. stearf, pl. sturfon; pp. storfen
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §278; §293; §500;
To die
    Lchdm. iii. 188, 21.
Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30. Annanias and Saphira mid fǽrlícum deáðe ætforan ðám apostolum steorfende áfeóllon, Homl. Th. i. 398, 34.
Etymology
[Se man þe nán gód ne heafde stærf of hunger, Chr. 1124; Erl. 253, 22. Wrecce men sturuen of hungær, 1137; Erl. 262, 27. Hi sturfe hungre, O. E. Homl. i. 233, 5. Caim starf (died), Gen. and Ex. 481. Summe storuen, 2975. Ilc was storuen, 3162. Steruyn̄, idem quod deyyn̄, Prompt. Parv. 474, col. 2. O. Sax. sterƀan: O. L. Ger. steruan: O. Frs. sterva: O. H. Ger. sterban]
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v. á-steorfan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “steorfan.” 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/28905.

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