Old English · noun
stefna
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈstef.nɑ/[ˈstev.nɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈstef · nɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- prowstern
Meaning
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prow, stern
ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela, atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan, þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen
have withstood bitter sorrow, known many sorrow-halls in ship, loathsome rolling of waves where the unquiet night watch oft got me at the stem of seacraft then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold
bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Weak variant of Old English stemn.
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