Stefn-byrd
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - stefn-byrd
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- stefn-byrd
- f. Regulation, direction :-- Sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd swá him se steóra bibeád missenlíce gemetu all creatures had to submit to firm direction, as the guide ordered them, various modes, Exon. Th. 349, 12; Sch. 45. to regulate. stefn-byrd