Styreness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Styreness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: eorþ-, ge-, on-styreness. styreness

Definitions

1 styreness

f. I. motion, movement:?-Mid his óðra lima styrenessa aliorum motu membrorum, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 27. Ic ealle míne styrenesse forleás motum omnem perdidi, 5, 6; S. 619, 19. Ðæt hors blon fram ðám unhálum styrenessum ðara [h]leoma equus cessabat ab insanis membrorum motibus, 3, 9; S. 533, 39. II. a commotion, agitation, disturbance, perturbation, (1) in a physical sense:--Styrnise michelo (motus magnus) geworden wæs in sae, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Æfter styrenisse wætres post motum aquae, Jn. Skt. Rush. 5, 4. (2) figuratively:--Styrenise tumultus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 2. Swá monigum and swá myclum styrenesse (-um?) wiþerweardra ðinga tot ac tantis rerum adversantium motibus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 4. Styrenissum perturbationibus, Rtl. 59, 5.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚣᚱᛖᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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