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Stirnlíce

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1 stirnlíce

adv. I. sternly, hardly, harshly :--Hé him ondwyrde and him suíðe stiernlíce stiérde fregit eos responsionibus, Past. 28, 6 ; Swt. 197, 19. Welig spycþ styrnlíce diues affabitur rigide, Scint. 78, 18. II. inflexibly, rigorously :--Cyning sceal eallum Godes feónd-um styrnlíce wiðstandan, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 20. stirnlice
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛁᚱᚾᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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