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2024
stælwierþe
stælwierþe
Old English
Alternative forms
stælwierþe
,
stælwyrþe
,
stælwirþe
Adjective
stǣlwierþe
(
of a person
)
Able to stand in
good
stead;
serviceable
Descendants
Middle English:
stalwurthe
Scots:
stalwart
English:
stalwart
English:
stalworth
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly a contraction of
staþol
+
-wierþe
, or from
stǣl
+
-wierþe
.
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