Mód-staþol

根据古英语词典：

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mód-staþol

m. The foundation on which the mind rests :-- Steðe-fæst modstaþol biþ witena gehwilcum weorþlícre micle ðonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe a firm foundation for the mind is much more honourable for every man of counsel, than an excessive variation of manners, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 38. mod-staþol