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Old English Dictionary Entry

á-stíflan

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1 á-stíflan

Add :-- Ástífode obrigesceret, ástífedan obriguerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 62, 65. (1) lit. to become incapable of motion :-- Hé ástífode and se earm stód ungebígendlic, Gr. D. 254, 36. Heora handa ástífedon, Hml. Th. i. 598, 11. Þá múlas ástífodon, Hml. S. 31, 985. Hé ástífod lǽge, Bl. H. 193, 8. Hí stódon swilce hí ástífode wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 375. Ástífode on stána gelícnysse, 1001. (2) fig. to become incapable of action from fear, wonder :-- Ástifedon (obriguerunt) ealle þá búendan, Ps. L. fol. 187 b, 12 ( = Ex. 15, 15). Þǽr stænt ástífad stáne gelícast eal árleás heáp stupet attonito impia turba timore, Dóm. L. 173. a-stiflan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛏᛁᚠᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bl.
Blickling Homilies
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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