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un-stæððig

  • adjective
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un-stæððig, adj.
not steady, remiss, irregular
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  • Sum munuc wæs unstæððig on Godes lofsangum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 160, 19.
unstable, inconstant, fickle
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  • Wé sceolon fyligan úrum Heáfde fram ðissere unstæððigan worulde tó his staðelfæstan ríce,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 282, 21.
  • Ðises lífes gewilnung gelǽt ða unstæððian tó manegum leahtrum,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 5, 67.
unsteady, unstaid, not sober, light, wanton
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  • Wearð hé gegripen mid ðære gálnysse his unstæððigan heortan,

    • Homl. Ass. 110, 247.
  • Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13.
  • Ða unstæððigan hleápunge ðæs mǽdenes (

    the daughter of Herodias

    ),
    • Homl. Th. i. 480, 35.
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