† stafflyadj.
Obsolete.
Literal.
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stafflyc1000
native1579
proper1579
literal1597
Nicodemical1642
alphabetical1643
unallegorical1776
unsymbolic1871
non-figurative1900
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxv. 73 Hi..nellað understandan butan þæt steaflice [v.r. stæflice] andgit.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15055 Þa takesst tu gastlike witt. Off staffliȝ witeȝhunnge.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14419 Aȝȝ whil þatt menn þurrh flæshliȝ witt Stafflike itt unnderrstodenn.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11117 Forr to drinnkenn gastliȝ witt. Vt off stafflike fetless.
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