Stýficung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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stýficung

f. A clearing (?):--Of ðære stýfycunge, Chart. Earle 248, 11. In ðone norðran stýfecing, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 399, 35. Stýfecinc, 18, 33. styficung