Stíþ-hycgende
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - stíþ-hycgende
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- stíþ-hycgende
- adj. I. in a good sense, of firm, inflexible purpose, resolute :--Stópon tó ðære stówe stíðhycgende, Elen. Kmbl. 1429 ; El. 716. II. in a bad sense, obstinate, stubborn :--Hire Iudas oncwæð stíðhycgende: 'Ic ða stówe ne can,' 1362 ; El. 683. Stíðhycgendum (the multitude of unbelievers), Andr. Kmbl. 1481 ; An. 742. III. having hard, unpleasant thoughts :--'Is mé feorhgedál leófre micle ðonne ðeós lífcearo.' Him ðá stefn oncwæð stíðhycgendum, 2858 ; An. 1431. stiþ-hycgende