Á-stýfecigan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-stýfecigan

Add :--Hí sint tó manienne ðonne hí lícettað ðæt hí willen ástýfecean ðæt yfel on him selfum, ðæt hí hit ðonne ne dyrren sǽwan on óðrum. monnum admonendi sunt, ut si eradicare mala dissimulant saltem seminare perlimescant, Past. 427, 18. Hwæðer þín ealde gýtsung eallunga of ðínum mode ástýfcod wére, Shrn. 184, 3. a-styfecigan