Sár-stæf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sár-stæf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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sár-stæf
m. A term intended to pain, an insult, a reproach:--Godes andsacan sægdon sárstafum swíðe gehéton ðæt hé deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde God's adversaries said with bitter words, vehemently vowed, that he should suffer death, Exon. Th. 116, 10; Gú. 205. sar-stæf
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