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ge-stæððignes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-stæððignes, -stæððines, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.
Gravity, consistency, steadiness, maturity; grăvĭtas, constantia, mātūrĭtas
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  • Wæs he mycelre gestæððignysse wer

    multæ grăvĭtātis ac vērĭtātis vir,

      Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 21.
  • On lífes gestæððignesse

    in consistency of life,

      Past. 13, 1: Swt. 77, 14; Hat. MS. 16 b, 18.
  • Ongan se bisceop lustfullian gestæððinesse his geþohta

    dēlectābatur antistes constantia ac mātūrĭtāte cōgĭtātiōnis,

      5, 19; S. 637, 47.
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v. ge-stæððines.
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v.  ge-stæððines.
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  • ge-stæððignes, n.