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styrung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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styrung, e; f.
motion
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  • Sterung

    gestus, motus corporis,

      Hpt. Gl. 455, 44.

  • Ðara unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg nó weorþan gestilled,

      Bt. 21; Fox 74, 4.

  • Monige beóþ blíðe and eác unblíðe . . . for ðæs blódes styringe and for líchoman medtrymnesse,

      Past. 27; Swt. 187, 24.

  • Ðonne hí (prepositions) getácniaþ styrunge, ðonne beóþ hí geþeódde accusativo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 274, 7. I a. exercise, practice :-- Sió wiþerweardnes biþ wæru áscerred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse

    adversam fortunam videas ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem,

      Bt. 20; Fox 72, 6.
of violent movement,
literal,
disturbance, agitation, commotion
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  • Wearð mycel styrung (

    motus

    ) geworden on ðære sǽ,
      Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24.

  • Árás micel styrung and hreóhnys on ðære sǽ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 378, 14.
  • Seó burh Naim is gereht ýðung oððe styrung, i. 492, 1.

  • Æfter ðæs wæteres styrunge

    after the troubling of the water

    (A.
      V.), Jn. Skt. 5, 4.
fig.
a disturbance, tumult
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  • Ðe læs tó mycel styrung (

    tumultus

    ) wurde on ðam folce,
      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 5.

  • Blon sié styring

    cessavit quassatio,

      Ps. Surt. 105, 30.

  • Ðæt wíf ðurh ða fǽrlícan styrunge ne gýmde hire cildes,

      Homl. Th. i. 566, 8.

  • Sceal áspringan bryne and blódgyte and styrnlíce styrunga,

      Wulfst. 88, 11.
trouble
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  • Wé sceolan on ǽlcne tíman and on ǽlcere styrunge mid ródetácne ða réðan áflían,

      Homl. Skt. i. 17, 145.
of the mind,
perturbation, agitation, emotion
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  • Stýran his módes styrunge mid singalre gemetfæstnysse, Homl. Th. i. 360, 16.

    Interjectio

    geopenaþ ðæs módes styrunge mid behýddre stefne,
      Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 3.

  • Gif wé ða unsceádwíslícan styrunga on stæððignysse áwendaþ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 210, 30.
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v. á-, eorþ-styrung.
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v.  stirung styring.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “styrung.” 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/29280.

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