Stæððigness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - stæððigness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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stæððigness
f. Staidness, sedateness, gravity, seriousness :-- Ðǽr is stæðignyss ióguðe, Wulfst. 265, 8. Móderlícere stæððinysse materna gravitate, Hpt. Gl. 469, 37. Hé on heálícere stæððignysse symle þurhwunode he ever continued deeply serious, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 22. Gif wé ða ungesceádwíslícan styrunga on stæððignysse áwendaþ, 210, 31. Fore stilnesse stæððinesse propter taciturnitatis gravitatem, R. Ben. Inter. 26, 6. stæþþigness,stæððigness
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