Stunt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stunt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: styntan. stunt

Definitions

1 stunt

adj. Foolish, stupid:--Stunt stultus, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 53. Stunt folc and unwís popule stulte et insipiens, Deut. 32, 6. Ic wæs stunt, and ic eom nú wís, Homl. Th. i. 433, 6. Ðú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, ii. 452, 31. Ðú stunta fatue, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 22. For eówer stuntan lage per traditionem vestram, Mk. Skt. 7, 13. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19. Cweþaþ ða ðe syndan stunte, ðæt mycel forhæfedness lytel behealde, Wulfst. 55, 23. [Mannkinn þatt wass stunnt and dill and skilllæs swa summ asse, Orm. 3714. M. H. Ger. stunz dull: Icel. stuntr short, scant, stunted.]

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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