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stýfician

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
stýfician, p. ode
To root up
    Lchdm. iii. 184, 18.
Móna se ðridda weorca onginnan ná gedafanaþ bútan ðæt biþ geedcenned stífician the third day of the moon is not good to attempt works, except to root up what has grown up again,
Etymology
[Cf. (?) Icel. stýfa to chop off, curtail; stúfr a stump.]
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v. á-stýfician, and next word; and see swefecian.
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v.  stífician.
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