Stirne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Stirne

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 stirne

adj. Stern, hard, austere, rigorous, severe :--Ic wát ðæt ðú eart swíðe styrne mann scio quia homo durus es (Mt. 25, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 552, 31. Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3. [God] hæfde styrne mód, gegremed grymme, Cd. Th. 4, 28 ; Gen. 60. [Se cyng heafde gifen ꝥ abbotríce án Frencisce abbot . . . hé wæs swíðe styrne man, Chr. 1070 ; Erl. 207, 32. Laym. A. R. sturne : Orm. stirne.] stirne

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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