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stíþness

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Add Beátendes hameres stíþnes (rigida) tundentis mallei durities, An. Ox. 482. Add Stíþnes acerbitas (poenarum), 4816. Stíþnesse austeritate, i. crudelitate, 661

stíþness

(n.)
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stíþness, e ; f.
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Hardness, severity, force ; violentia, Hpt. Gl. 435, 76 : 516, 23 : duritia, 482, 66. hardness, stiffness in a physical sense Gif hwylc stíðnes on líchoman becume, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, Lchdm, i. 132, 16. Wiþ ǽghwylce gegaderunga þe

nearu

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nearu, <b>. I.</b>
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Se neareweste stíþnes artissima uiolentia, 1239. Add Wiþ nearwum breóstum, Lch. ii. 174, 6. evil, mean. v. nearulice ; <b>V;</b> nearu-þanc

mǽrþu

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mǽrþu, <b>. I.</b>
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Eal swá feala mǽrþa ic geríme [swá] stíþnessa [þú] on belǽt[st] tot ego glorias numerabo quot uINCERTAINiolentias inrogaueris, 4762. Hí ealle Godes mǽrða wurðodon, Hml. S. 23 b, 799.

hamer

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Beátendes hameres stíþnes tundentis mallei durities, An. Ox. 481. Mín ( a key's ) heáfod is homere geþuren, sworfen feóle, Rä. 87, 1.

meaht

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Ox. 959. as a person or thing, one who, or that which, exercises power or government Stíþnes ungesáwenlicere tóbrocen mihte duritia inuisibili contrita potestate, i. dominio, An. Ox. 3259. Ðá heán mihta hér on worulde hreósað and tó lore weorðað.

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