Middle English Dictionary Entry
sted-fast n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sted-fast n. Also (?error) stefast. |
| Etymology | From sted-fast adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Resolution, steadfastness; (b) that which is solid; (c) ?clary (Salvia sclarea); also, ?a kind of lamium, perh. the red lamium (Lamium purpureum) [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)9614 : Þu art king þat art sothfast Of rightwisnes and of stefast [?read: stedfast; Bedf: Soþefaste].
b
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1281 : Fowle & clene bi naturalle lawe Haue grete discorde, & so hath Ripe & rawe; Stedfast to stedfast wil it-silfe combynde, And fletynge to fletyng wil drawe bi kinde.
c
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)17/21 : Aurinaleucia: orual, stedfast secundum quendam laicum.
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)197/28 : Palma Christi is an herbe þat me cleputh mannes moderwort or palme de dieu or stedefast.