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stíþ-líc

  • adjective
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stíþ-líc, adj.
firm, strong
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  • Stíðlíc stántorr (

    the tower of Babel

    ),
      Cd. Th. 102, 14 ; Gen. 1700.
of immaterial things, weather, conflict, discipline, penance,
hard, severe
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  • Stíðlíc hreóhnys

    a severe storm,

      Homl. Th. ii. 18, 5.

  • Wæs ðæra deófla gefeoht swíðe stíðlíc ongeán ða sáwle,

      340, 30.

  • Mót tó bóte stiðlíc dǽdbót,

      L. Pen. 3 ; Th. ii. 278, 8.

  • Hí begunnon tó sleánne ǽlc heora óðerne mid stíð*-*lícum gefeohte,

      Jud. 7, 22.

  • Swá swá hé strengest beón mihte ongeán ða stíðlícan scúras,

      Boutr. Scrd. 21, 6.
of speech, hard, harsh, severe
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  • Ne sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ðæt hé áht stíþlíces spræce ongeán his abbod,

      R. Ben. 16, 2.

  • Sió æcs wient of ðæm hielfe ðonne of ðaere ðreátunga gáþ tó stíðlíco word

    ferrum de manubrio prosilit, cum de correptione sermo durior excedit,

      Past. 21, 7 ; Swt. 167, 10.

  • Sege ús for hwí ðú ús ðus stíþlíce word tó sprece,

      H. R. 7, 35.
of persons,
stern, hard, fierce
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  • Ðá Ælfréd ðæt ofáxode, ðæt se here swá stíðlíc wæs,

      Shrn. 16, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stíþ-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29044.

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