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stunt

  • adjective
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stunt, adj.
Foolish, stupid
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  • Stunt

    stultus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 53.
  • Stunt folc and unwís

    popule stulte et insipiens,

      Deut. 32, 6.
  • Ic wæs stunt, and ic eom nú wís,

      Homl. Th. i. 433, 6.
  • Ðú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, ii. 452, 31.
  • Ðú stunta

    fatue,

      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 22.
  • For eówer stuntan lage

    per traditionem vestram,

      Mk. Skt. 7, 13.
  • Swá stunte nýtenu

    sicut bruta animalia,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19.
  • Cweþaþ ða ðe syndan stunte, ðæt mycel forhæfedness lytel behealde,

      Wulfst. 55, 23.
Etymology
[Mannkinn þatt wass stunnt and dill and skilllæs swa summ asse, Orm. 3714. M. H. Ger. stunz dull: Icel. stuntr short, scant, stunted.]
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v. styntan.
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