Ge-stíran
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-stíran
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-stíran
- p. de; pp. ed To correct, restrain; corrĭgĕre, cŏhĭbēre :Forðæm ðæt ða wítu gestírdon [gestírden, MS. Cot.] óðrum ðæt hí swá dón ne dorsten in order that the punishments might restrain others from daring to do so, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 7.