Ge-stæððignes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-stæððignes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-stæððines, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e;

ge-stæððignes
f. Gravity, consistency, steadiness, maturity; grăvĭtas, constantia, mātūrĭtas :-- Wæs he mycelre gestæððignysse wer multæ grăvĭtātis ac vērĭtātis vir, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 21. On lífes gestæððignesse in consistency of life, Past. 13, 1: Swt. 77, 14; Hat. MS. 16 b, 18. Ongan se bisceop lustfullian gestæððinesse his geþohta dēlectābatur antistes constantia ac mātūrĭtāte cōgĭtātiōnis, 5, 19; S. 637, 47.

Related words: ge-stæððines. ge-stæððignes

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