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sternful, a.|ˈstɜːnfʊl|
[f. stern a. + -ful.]
Full of sternness, severe, bold. Obs. or arch.
a1400Morte Arth. 2692 Thane stirttes to his sterape sterynfulle Knyghttez. Ibid. 3822 He stekys stedis in stoure, and sterenfulle Knyghttes. a1500Medulla Gram., Austerus, smert or sternfull. 1849J. A. Cameron Monks of Grange 1 Brave warders all, with sword and lance That guard it round with sternful glance.
Hence † ˈsternfully adv. rare—1, fiercely.
1582Stanyhurst æneis etc. (Arb.) 138 For Mars they be sternfulye flayling Hudge spoaks and chariots. |