Stýfician

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stýfician

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: á-stýfician,

Definitions

1 stýfician

p. ode To root up:?-Móna se ðridda weorca onginnan ná gedafanaþ bútan ðæt biþ geedcenned stífician the third day of the moon is not good to attempt works, except to root up what has grown up again, Lchdm. iii. 184, 18. [Cf. (?) Icel. stýfa to chop off, curtail; stúfr a stump.] and next word; and see swefecian. styfician

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚣᚠᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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