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1. astē̆rn adv.

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?At the buttocks. …

2. sternful adj.

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(a) Harsh, severe; (b) bold, resolute. …

3. sternehē̆d n.

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Severity, harshness. …

4. sterne adv.

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(a) Harshly, severely, sternly; also, mercilessly; sterne lokinge, stern-looking, grim-looking; (b) forcefully, violently; (c) ?powerfully. …

5. sternelē̆s adj.

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Lacking a rudder. …

6. sternenesse n.

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(a) Strictness, severity; also, inflexibility, rigidity; (b) fierceness, ferocity; courage, boldness in battle; sternenesse of herte, fierceness of disposition, intemperateness; (c) intemperateness or……

7. sternlī adv.

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(a) Harshly, severely; also, angrily; cruelly, mercilessly; (b) boldly, firmly, resolutely; (c) fiercely, forcefully, violently; also, savagely; stoutli and sternli; (d) turbulently, stormily; (e)……

8. unstern(e adj.

Additional spellings: unsterne
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Harsh, severe, bitter; ?also, unyielding, not to be overcome [1st quot.]. …

9. pǒupe n.(2)

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(a) A raised structure, resembling a tower, at the stern of a ship; (b) the rear part of the head; (c) ?a story in a building. …

10. sternen v.

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(a) To steer (a ship); also, control (oneself); (b) to inspire (sb.), encourage, incite; -- without obj.; (c) to move about, stir; sternen aboute, refl. turn around; sternen from foundements, move……

11. stẹ̄rnesse n.

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(a) Severity, harshness; (b) fierceness, boldness in battle. …

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