Stípere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stípere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es ; Related words: stípan. stipere

Definitions

1 stípere

m. A support, prop, pillar :--Stípere destina vel postis vel fulcimen, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 38. [Þe stipre þat is vnder þe vyne set May not bringe forþ þe grape, H. R. 135, 135. Cf. Heo wuneð under þe chirche, ase uorte understipren hire, ȝif heo wolde uallen, A. R. 142, 16. Cf. O. Frs. stípe a post.]

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ᛋᛏᛁᛈᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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