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stofn

  • noun [ feminine ]
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stofn, e ; f.
a stem
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  • Stoc truncus, stofn

    stipes,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 43.
  • [Þai thre stod on a stouen (stalke, stocke, other MSS.), C.
      M. 8036.
  • Stovin a stump or stake ; the part of a hawthorn left in a hedge after 'splashing' it, E. D. S. Pub. Leicestershire. Icel. stofn a stem, stump of a tree.]
a shoot of a tree
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  • Stofna ł telgena

    surculorum, virgultorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 419, 65.
  • Stofnes (stofne ?), ówæstmas surculos, ramusculos, 409, 1. IIa. fig. offspring, progeny :-- Mid gestrénendlícere stofne progenie propaganda, 445, 64. [

    Stoven

    a sapling shoot from the stump of a fallen tree,
      E. D. S. Pub. B. 22, and WhitbyGloss.
    ]
a foundation
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  • Swá gé áwurpon wáh of stofne

    tamquam parieti inclinato,

      Ps. Th. 61, 3.
Etymology
[Icel. stofn a foundation ; stofna to establish, lay the foundation of.]
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