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un-gestæððig

  • adjective
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un-gestæððig, adj.
Inconstant, unstable
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  • Ðæt ungestæððige folc

    mobile vulgus,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 216, 2.

  • Ðam ungestæþþegan and ðam gálan ðú miht secgan ðæt hí biþ gelícra unstillum fugelum ðonne gemetfæstum monnum

    levis atque inconstans studia permutat? nihil ab avibus differt,

    • 37, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 192, 22.

  • Ða gesceaftas ðe wé embe sprecaþ, ðæt heó ús þince ungestæðþie, hý habbaþ sumne dǽl gestæþinesse,

    • Shrn. 168, 30.

  • Ða ungestæððegan and unfæsðrǽdan

    inconstantes,

    • Past. 23
      • ;
    • Swt. 177, 3.

  • Ninwuht nis on ús unstilre and ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód

    nil in nobis est corde fugacius,

    • 38
      • ;
    • Swt. 273, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gestæððig.” 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/33275.

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