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stíþ-mód

  • adjective
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stíþ-mód, adj.
of constant mind, resolute
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  • Strang and stíðmód gestáh hé on gealgan, Rood Kmbl. 79 ; Kr. 40.
of stern mind, stern
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  • Stíðmód gestód wið steápne rond bealdor (

    Beowulf

    ),
      Beo. Th. 5125 ; B. 2566.

  • Him (

    the people of Sodom) tó sende stíðmód cyning (God )

    áras síne,
      Cd. Th. 146, 16 ; Gen. 2423.

  • Se þeóden wæs strang and stíðmód,

      279, 34 ; Sat. 248.

  • Cyning stíðmód sý wið yfele,

      L. I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 26.

  • Se stíðmóda cyning, Drihten ælmihtig, áwearp of ðam setle ðone módigan feónd,

      Wulfst. 145, 27.
of violent or
fierce mind
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  • Se stíþmóda (

    Holofernes

    ) styrmde and gylede, módig and medugál,
      Judth. Thw. 21, 19 ; Jud. 25.
of stubborn mind, stubborn, obstinate
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  • Ðonne wurð seó heardnes stíð*-*módre heortan swíðe gehnexad þurh grimlíce steóra,

      Wulfst. 133, 17.
Etymology
[Cf. Arður stíðimoded kempe . . . Æuere wes Arður ærhðe bideled, Laym. 26022.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stíþ-mód.” 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/29047.

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