steadfastadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˈstɛdfɑːst/,

/ˈstɛdfast/,

/ˈstɛdfəst/, U.S.

/ˈstɛdˌfæst/

Forms: Old English, Middle English stedefæst, Old English stydefæst, Middle English stedefast (Middle English Ormin -fasst), Middle English stedevast, Middle English stedefaste, Middle English studefast, Middle English studevast, studevest, Middle English studfaste, Middle English stid(e)fast, stydfast(e, (Middle English steddfast, Middle English steddefaste), Middle English–1500s Scottish steidfast, 1500s–1600s steedfast, Middle English–1500s stedfaste, (Middle English stedfasst), Middle English–1800s stedfast, 1700s– steadfast.

Etymology: Old English stędefæst , < stęde (see stead n.) + fæst fast adj. Compare Middle Low German stedevast (modern German †stattfest), Old Norse staðfast-r.

A. adj. (and adv.)

1. Fixed or secure in position.

a. Of a person, esp. a soldier in battle: Maintaining his ground. (Now with mixture of sense A. 2) †Also, of a battle: Fought without change of position.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

society > armed hostility > warrior > [adjective] > qualities or attributes

steadfast993

sharpc1000

forfoughtenc1275

austere?a1400

tolerable1555

flesheda1626

steady1670

death or glory1806

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed

steadfast993

fastOE

rootfastlOE

sicker1297

sada1333

well-rooted1340

rooteda1393

surec1400

surefast1533

unremoved1551

fixed1577

implanted1595

firm1600

seateda1616

secure1675

tight1687

sitfast1837

locked1895

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > types of armed encounter

openeOE

set battle1487

unbloody1544

pight1562

pitched1569

round1601

steadfast1623

strucka1625

running1651

stationary1737

stricken field1820

close quarters1871

993 Battle of Maldon (Gr.) 127 Stodon stædefæste: stihte hi Byrhtnoð.

993 Battle of Maldon 249 Ne þurfon me embe Sturmere stedefæste hæleð wordum ætwitan.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 67 Armed..sufficiently to skip vp and downe, and run away, but not to come to hands in a stedfast fight.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 20 Victor myriads, formed in hollow square With rough and steadfast front.

†b. Fixed in abode. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > established in residence

steadfasta1272

stationary1604

settled1611

domestic1632

domesticant1642

domiciliated1782

domiciled1855

a1272 Luue Ron 18 in Old Eng. Misc. Nis no mon iboren o lyue, Þat her may beon studeuest.

c. Of a thing, e.g. a pillar, a foundation: Firmly fixed, not to be moved or displaced. Also in figurative context. Obsolete except in rhetorical language (of the earth, etc.).

ΚΠ

c1000 Inst. Polity x, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 318 (note) Wislic wærscipe & steðe-fæst [sic (MS. G. styde-)] mod~staðol..biþ witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 714 Lokið þet te heouenliche lauerd beo grunt wal of al þet ȝe wurcheð, for þet stont studeuest [c1225 Royal studelfast], falle þet falle.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15562 Manie skiles forþ were cast, How hit [River Douglas] mighte be mad studefast.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8483 Stedfast [Fairf. stedefaste, Gött. stedfast, Trin. Cambr. studfaste] stode þe marbel stan, On-ferr þe golden letters scan.

1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. B^v Ane sillie scheill vnder ane steidfast [?a1500 erdfast] stane.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 148 Into that vessel they powred in milke, & set it where it might stand stedfast.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. x. 69 Let them sitt in open ayer hauing a stedfast bed, and of a good height.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. vii. 179 The finding out of the Centers where the stedfast foot of the compasse ought to be fixed in drawing of each circle.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 927 These Elements In mutinie had from her Axle torn The stedfast Earth.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 833 Under his burning Wheeles The stedfast Empyrean shook throughout.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 534 The rising waves..Thunder and flash upon the stedfast shores.

1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 102 What was it?.. Earth-quake was it? convulsion of the steadfast earth?

†d. Of the hands: Steady, not tremulous. Also of shooting: Steady. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adjective] > type of shooting or shot

steadfast1535

gone1545

short1545

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of

fair-handed1505

steadfast1535

white-handed1598

hard-handed1600

horny1693

large-handed1712

red-handed1827

lily-handed1847

talon-like1883

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xvii. 12 So his handes were sted~fast.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Bij A stedfast hande without shakynge.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14^v To make y^e ende compasse heauy with the fethers in fliyng, for the stedfaster shotyng.

†e. Of a pain: Not changing its position. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > not changing position

steadfast1398

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. lv. 268 The ache of the reynes is stable and stedfaste.

†f. Solid; firm in substance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > firm

fastened?c1425

steadfast1477

firm1611

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy iv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 47 Stedfast to stedfast will it selfe combinde.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.i^v The seede is of a more faste, compacte, and stedfast substaunce.

†g. Unshaken in health. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy

wholeeOE

isoundOE

i-sundfulc1000

ferec1175

soundc1175

fish-wholea1225

forthlyc1230

steadfasta1300

wella1300

safec1300

tidya1325

halec1330

quartc1330

well-faringc1330

well-tempered1340

well-disposeda1398

wealyc1400

furnished1473

mighty?a1475

quartful?c1475

good1527

wholesomea1533

crank1548

healthful1550

healthy1552

hearty1552

healthsome1563

well-affected?1563

disposed1575

as sound as a bell1576

firm1577

well-conditioned1580

sound1605

unvaletudinary1650

all right1652

valid1652

as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655

fair-like1663

hoddy1664

wanton1674

stout?1697

trig1704

well-hained1722

sprack1747

caller1754

sane1755

finely1763

bobbish1780

cleverly1784

right1787

smart1788

fine1791

eucratic1795

nobbling1825

as right as a trivet1835

first rate1841

in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844

gay1855

sprackish1882

game ball1905

abled1946

well-toned1952

a hundred per cent1960

oke1960

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1024 He suld in eild be ai stedfast, Sekenes suld he neuer drei.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 167 He..fauȝt wiþ hem somtyme forto make his body stedefast by use in tra[ua]ylle forto dure.

†h. steadfast land n. the mainland, as opposed to an island. Obsolete. [Compare German festland.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > mainland > [noun]

mainlandc1440

sure land1525

steadfast land1530

firm land1553

main1555

in-country1565

continent1576

fastland1581

firm1582

terra firma1665

1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes i. 2 They also of the Isle of Britayn had no knowledge of no parte of the stedfaste londe.

a. Of persons: Unshaken, immoveable in faith, resolution, friendship, etc. Also said of belief, purpose or affection. Occasionally const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > steadfast or constant in affection

steadfastc1175

stablea1300

steera1300

constant1606

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1597 Ȝiff þin heorrte iss harrd. & starrc. & stedefasst o criste.

c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 135 Nis ðe hierte nauht ȝiet stedefast.

c1220 Bestiary 374 Oc eurilc luuen oðer, also he were his broder, Wurðen stedefast his wine.

c1290 Beket 171 in S. Eng. Leg. 111 Þare was i-sene þat heo was treowe and of studefast mod!

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2139 To serve hym and his werkes to wyrk In stedfast trouthe of haly kyrk.

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1227 And swore and gan hir hertely hete Ever to be stedfast and trewe.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 12321 Stedfast sche was to hire Lord.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 32/2 Your true Liegeman and moost obeisaunt and stedfast Subgiet.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Cii^v Stande stedfast in the feyth and hope of god.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xii. A A stedfast woman is a crowne vnto hir huszbonde.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. lxxv Whom thou doest bryng vp in thy stedfast loue.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 58 Huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate.

1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 405 You shall alwayes find me stedfast to what I promise you.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xxxvi. iii Above the Clouds thy Mercies rise, Stedfast thy Truth and Faithfulness.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. ii. 81 It would have required all their stedfast faith in the arm of Providence to anticipate.

1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland v. 117 Elizabeth..proved herself the steadfast friend and protector of the Protestant exiles.

1895 J. Denney Stud. Theol. (ed. 3) vi. 144 It is His steadfast faithful purpose freely to impart His own character to men.

†b. Applied to God: Unchanging. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > steadfast

steadfasta1400

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 3 The toþer es, þat þe heghe ffadir of Heuen es stedfaste and sothefaste Godde Almyghtyn.

c1440 Lay-Folks Mass Bk. (MS. E.) 180 In þe name of the fadur and þe sonne and þe holy goste, On stydfast [other texts sothfast] god.

1611 Bible (King James) Dan. vi. 26 For he is the liuing God, and stedfast for euer.

†c. In bad sense: Confirmed, incorrigible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > inveterate or confirmed

composed1483

wedded1578

fastened1596

dyed in the wool1597

sworna1616

hardeneda1618

engrained1630

steadfast1644

radicateda1661

inveterate1735

professional1814

confirmed1827

card-carrying1939

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 22 To be a common stedfast dunce will be the only pleasant life.

a. Of a law, a treaty, an institution, a condition of things: Firmly settled, established, unchangeable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > established, settled

steadfast1258

groundlyc1275

stablec1290

firmc1374

well-groundeda1393

irradicate1436

well-fixed1567

statary1581

solid1586

confirmed1594

lodged1600

well-entrenched1661

substantive1809

corroborated1822

stabilized1887

1258 Proclam. Hen. III Stedefæst and ilestinde in alle þinge abuten ænde.

c1290 St. Dunstan 47 in S. Eng. Leg. 20 Sone he was Abbot of þe hous..He makede þare godes seruise studefast and stable i-novȝ.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 333 Þe dome of hem schulde stonde stedefast and nouȝt be i-chaunged.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 115 Seid is that he hath his aspect Upon the holi lond so cast, That there is no pes stedefast.

c1460 Osney Reg. 109 This my ȝifte that hit þe moor surer and stedfaster here~after may be, I maade hit in þe presente of lorde John of Constances, Archedecun.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. ii. A For yf the worde which was spoken by angels, was stedfast, [etc.] [spokē in text].

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. F3^v A stedfast silence, doth possesse the place.

a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 86 Who taught this vast machine its stedfast laws.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 188 The stedfast regularity of phenomena tells with no doubtful significance of a corresponding permanence of the causes on which they depend.

†b. Of a language: Settled. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > dialect > [adjective] > standard or standardized

steadfast1422

stable1679

standard1806

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 146 Lateyn is the moste stydfaste langage.

4. Of sight, the eye (occasionally of the mind): Steadily directed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > staring > fixed or steady

steadfasta1300

straightc1540

fixed1552

riveted1807

steadya1822

a1300 Cursor Mundi 27999 If þou..woud hir wit wordes slight, Or loked wit ouur stedfast sight [? read with MS. Galba sleghe..eghe].

c1430 Prymer (1895) 38 Y schal make stidefast myn iȝen on þee.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig.L4 That euen then when I shall lose my life, My minde may be more stedfast on my God.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K1 The homelie villaine..blushing on her with a stedfast eye, Receaues the scroll without or yea or no.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn vi, in Poems 4 The Stars with deep amaze Stand fixt in stedfast gaze.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. ix. 5 The [serpent's] neck..Sustained a crested head, which warily Shifted and glanced before the Eagle's stedfast eye.

†5. adv. = steadfastly adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]

anredlyOE

fastlyOE

steadfastly?c1225

stifflyc1290

stably1297

steadfasta1300

stoutly1303

steevely1340

sadlya1375

sturdilyc1374

firm1377

surelyc1380

like a flint1382

tough1398

firmlyc1425

unmovablyc1425

but variancec1430

sad?c1430

immovably1435

toughlyc1450

affirmlya1513

wishly1530

constantly1534

steadily1540

fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553

staidly1571

fixedly1605

indeclinably1624

undeclinably1662

unfalteringly1665

unswervingly1805

unwaveringly1830

indomitably1837

rockily1846

unbendingly1847

indivertibly1853

unshakeablya1864

undyingly1881

unshakenly1882

adamantly1897

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > firmly (fixed)

stronglyeOE

fasteOE

stitha1000

hardOE

fastlyOE

steadfasta1300

stithlya1300

steevec1330

a-rootc1374

firmlyc1374

hard and fastc1380

sadc1380

sadlya1398

steadfastlya1400

stronga1400

stalworthlyc1440

solidatively?1541

hardfast1548

secure1578

sickera1586

solidly?1611

tighta1625

securely1642

steevely1790

inexcussably1816

tightly1866

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > steadily

steadfasta1300

steadfastlya1400

steadily1678

unshakingly1846

a1300 Cursor Mundi 2874 If þou a brand þar-in [sc. into the Dead Sea] wil cast þe fire it haldes þar stedfast.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) (1495) v. xxxvi Blood is ipiȝt in þe lunges, but he is more stedefast ipight in þe herte.

a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xlix. 87 In herte loke þou holde stedefast Þe benfet Þat þou ones hast.

c1580 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xliv. 92 Sathan led men steid fast be the mane.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 21 Duroy now looking more stedfast found this to be very identical only son of Sir Gilbert Goosley.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xii. 229 So I held on steadfast [to the tree].

†B. n.

The castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > castor-oil plant or bean

ricinusOE

oil treea1425

Palma Christic1450

man's motherworta1500

tick-seed1562

tick-weed1563

finger orchis1597

kick1597

steadfast1597

palmchrist1611

oil-nut1694

oilseed1760

castor-oil bean1814

castor-bean1819

castor-oil plant1839

1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Stedfast is Palma Christi.

1665 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια (ed. 2) 416 Sted fast, see Palma Christi.

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单词	steadfast
释义	steadfastadj.adv.n. Brit. /ˈstɛdfɑːst/, /ˈstɛdfast/, /ˈstɛdfəst/, U.S. /ˈstɛdˌfæst/ Forms: Old English, Middle English stedefæst, Old English stydefæst, Middle English stedefast (Middle English Ormin -fasst), Middle English stedevast, Middle English stedefaste, Middle English studefast, Middle English studevast, studevest, Middle English studfaste, Middle English stid(e)fast, stydfast(e, (Middle English steddfast, Middle English steddefaste), Middle English–1500s Scottish steidfast, 1500s–1600s steedfast, Middle English–1500s stedfaste, (Middle English stedfasst), Middle English–1800s stedfast, 1700s– steadfast. Etymology: Old English stędefæst , < stęde (see stead n.) + fæst fast adj. Compare Middle Low German stedevast (modern German †stattfest), Old Norse staðfast-r. A. adj. (and adv.) 1. Fixed or secure in position. a. Of a person, esp. a soldier in battle: Maintaining his ground. (Now with mixture of sense A. 2) †Also, of a battle: Fought without change of position. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 society > armed hostility > warrior > [adjective] > qualities or attributes steadfast993 sharpc1000 forfoughtenc1275 austere?a1400 tolerable1555 flesheda1626 steady1670 death or glory1806 the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed steadfast993 fastOE rootfastlOE sicker1297 sada1333 well-rooted1340 rooteda1393 surec1400 surefast1533 unremoved1551 fixed1577 implanted1595 firm1600 seateda1616 secure1675 tight1687 sitfast1837 locked1895 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > types of armed encounter openeOE set battle1487 unbloody1544 pight1562 pitched1569 round1601 steadfast1623 strucka1625 running1651 stationary1737 stricken field1820 close quarters1871 993 Battle of Maldon (Gr.) 127 Stodon stædefæste: stihte hi Byrhtnoð. 993 Battle of Maldon 249 Ne þurfon me embe Sturmere stedefæste hæleð wordum ætwitan. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 67 Armed..sufficiently to skip vp and downe, and run away, but not to come to hands in a stedfast fight. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 20 Victor myriads, formed in hollow square With rough and steadfast front. †b. Fixed in abode. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > established in residence steadfasta1272 stationary1604 settled1611 domestic1632 domesticant1642 domiciliated1782 domiciled1855 a1272 Luue Ron 18 in Old Eng. Misc. Nis no mon iboren o lyue, Þat her may beon studeuest. c. Of a thing, e.g. a pillar, a foundation: Firmly fixed, not to be moved or displaced. Also in figurative context. Obsolete except in rhetorical language (of the earth, etc.). ΚΠ c1000 Inst. Polity x, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 318 (note) Wislic wærscipe & steðe-fæst [sic (MS. G. styde-)] mod~staðol..biþ witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 714 Lokið þet te heouenliche lauerd beo grunt wal of al þet ȝe wurcheð, for þet stont studeuest [c1225 Royal studelfast], falle þet falle. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15562 Manie skiles forþ were cast, How hit [River Douglas] mighte be mad studefast. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8483 Stedfast [Fairf. stedefaste, Gött. stedfast, Trin. Cambr. studfaste] stode þe marbel stan, On-ferr þe golden letters scan. 1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. B^v Ane sillie scheill vnder ane steidfast [?a1500 erdfast] stane. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 148 Into that vessel they powred in milke, & set it where it might stand stedfast. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. x. 69 Let them sitt in open ayer hauing a stedfast bed, and of a good height. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. vii. 179 The finding out of the Centers where the stedfast foot of the compasse ought to be fixed in drawing of each circle. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 927 These Elements In mutinie had from her Axle torn The stedfast Earth. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 833 Under his burning Wheeles The stedfast Empyrean shook throughout. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 534 The rising waves..Thunder and flash upon the stedfast shores. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 102 What was it?.. Earth-quake was it? convulsion of the steadfast earth? †d. Of the hands: Steady, not tremulous. Also of shooting: Steady. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adjective] > type of shooting or shot steadfast1535 gone1545 short1545 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > types of fair-handed1505 steadfast1535 white-handed1598 hard-handed1600 horny1693 large-handed1712 red-handed1827 lily-handed1847 talon-like1883 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xvii. 12 So his handes were sted~fast. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Bij A stedfast hande without shakynge. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14^v To make y^e ende compasse heauy with the fethers in fliyng, for the stedfaster shotyng. †e. Of a pain: Not changing its position. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > not changing position steadfast1398 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. lv. 268 The ache of the reynes is stable and stedfaste. †f. Solid; firm in substance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > firm fastened?c1425 steadfast1477 firm1611 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy iv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 47 Stedfast to stedfast will it selfe combinde. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.i^v The seede is of a more faste, compacte, and stedfast substaunce. †g. Unshaken in health. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy wholeeOE isoundOE i-sundfulc1000 ferec1175 soundc1175 fish-wholea1225 forthlyc1230 steadfasta1300 wella1300 safec1300 tidya1325 halec1330 quartc1330 well-faringc1330 well-tempered1340 well-disposeda1398 wealyc1400 furnished1473 mighty?a1475 quartful?c1475 good1527 wholesomea1533 crank1548 healthful1550 healthy1552 hearty1552 healthsome1563 well-affected?1563 disposed1575 as sound as a bell1576 firm1577 well-conditioned1580 sound1605 unvaletudinary1650 all right1652 valid1652 as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655 fair-like1663 hoddy1664 wanton1674 stout?1697 trig1704 well-hained1722 sprack1747 caller1754 sane1755 finely1763 bobbish1780 cleverly1784 right1787 smart1788 fine1791 eucratic1795 nobbling1825 as right as a trivet1835 first rate1841 in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844 gay1855 sprackish1882 game ball1905 abled1946 well-toned1952 a hundred per cent1960 oke1960 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1024 He suld in eild be ai stedfast, Sekenes suld he neuer drei. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 167 He..fauȝt wiþ hem somtyme forto make his body stedefast by use in tra[ua]ylle forto dure. †h. steadfast land n. the mainland, as opposed to an island. Obsolete. [Compare German festland.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > mainland > [noun] mainlandc1440 sure land1525 steadfast land1530 firm land1553 main1555 in-country1565 continent1576 fastland1581 firm1582 terra firma1665 1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes i. 2 They also of the Isle of Britayn had no knowledge of no parte of the stedfaste londe. 2. a. Of persons: Unshaken, immoveable in faith, resolution, friendship, etc. Also said of belief, purpose or affection. Occasionally const. to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > steadfast or constant in affection steadfastc1175 stablea1300 steera1300 constant1606 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1597 Ȝiff þin heorrte iss harrd. & starrc. & stedefasst o criste. c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 135 Nis ðe hierte nauht ȝiet stedefast. c1220 Bestiary 374 Oc eurilc luuen oðer, also he were his broder, Wurðen stedefast his wine. c1290 Beket 171 in S. Eng. Leg. 111 Þare was i-sene þat heo was treowe and of studefast mod! 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2139 To serve hym and his werkes to wyrk In stedfast trouthe of haly kyrk. c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1227 And swore and gan hir hertely hete Ever to be stedfast and trewe. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 12321 Stedfast sche was to hire Lord. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 32/2 Your true Liegeman and moost obeisaunt and stedfast Subgiet. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Cii^v Stande stedfast in the feyth and hope of god. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xii. A A stedfast woman is a crowne vnto hir huszbonde. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. lxxv Whom thou doest bryng vp in thy stedfast loue. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 58 Huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate. View more context for this quotation 1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 405 You shall alwayes find me stedfast to what I promise you. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xxxvi. iii Above the Clouds thy Mercies rise, Stedfast thy Truth and Faithfulness. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. ii. 81 It would have required all their stedfast faith in the arm of Providence to anticipate. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland v. 117 Elizabeth..proved herself the steadfast friend and protector of the Protestant exiles. 1895 J. Denney Stud. Theol. (ed. 3) vi. 144 It is His steadfast faithful purpose freely to impart His own character to men. †b. Applied to God: Unchanging. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > steadfast steadfasta1400 a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 3 The toþer es, þat þe heghe ffadir of Heuen es stedfaste and sothefaste Godde Almyghtyn. c1440 Lay-Folks Mass Bk. (MS. E.) 180 In þe name of the fadur and þe sonne and þe holy goste, On stydfast [other texts sothfast] god. 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. vi. 26 For he is the liuing God, and stedfast for euer. View more context for this quotation †c. In bad sense: Confirmed, incorrigible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > inveterate or confirmed composed1483 wedded1578 fastened1596 dyed in the wool1597 sworna1616 hardeneda1618 engrained1630 steadfast1644 radicateda1661 inveterate1735 professional1814 confirmed1827 card-carrying1939 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 22 To be a common stedfast dunce will be the only pleasant life. 3. a. Of a law, a treaty, an institution, a condition of things: Firmly settled, established, unchangeable. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > established, settled steadfast1258 groundlyc1275 stablec1290 firmc1374 well-groundeda1393 irradicate1436 well-fixed1567 statary1581 solid1586 confirmed1594 lodged1600 well-entrenched1661 substantive1809 corroborated1822 stabilized1887 1258 Proclam. Hen. III Stedefæst and ilestinde in alle þinge abuten ænde. c1290 St. Dunstan 47 in S. Eng. Leg. 20 Sone he was Abbot of þe hous..He makede þare godes seruise studefast and stable i-novȝ. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 333 Þe dome of hem schulde stonde stedefast and nouȝt be i-chaunged. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 115 Seid is that he hath his aspect Upon the holi lond so cast, That there is no pes stedefast. c1460 Osney Reg. 109 This my ȝifte that hit þe moor surer and stedfaster here~after may be, I maade hit in þe presente of lorde John of Constances, Archedecun. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. ii. A For yf the worde which was spoken by angels, was stedfast, [etc.] [spokē in text]. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. F3^v A stedfast silence, doth possesse the place. a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 86 Who taught this vast machine its stedfast laws. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 188 The stedfast regularity of phenomena tells with no doubtful significance of a corresponding permanence of the causes on which they depend. †b. Of a language: Settled. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > dialect > [adjective] > standard or standardized steadfast1422 stable1679 standard1806 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 146 Lateyn is the moste stydfaste langage. 4. Of sight, the eye (occasionally of the mind): Steadily directed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > staring > fixed or steady steadfasta1300 straightc1540 fixed1552 riveted1807 steadya1822 a1300 Cursor Mundi 27999 If þou..woud hir wit wordes slight, Or loked wit ouur stedfast sight [? read with MS. Galba sleghe..eghe]. c1430 Prymer (1895) 38 Y schal make stidefast myn iȝen on þee. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig.L4 That euen then when I shall lose my life, My minde may be more stedfast on my God. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K1 The homelie villaine..blushing on her with a stedfast eye, Receaues the scroll without or yea or no. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn vi, in Poems 4 The Stars with deep amaze Stand fixt in stedfast gaze. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. ix. 5 The [serpent's] neck..Sustained a crested head, which warily Shifted and glanced before the Eagle's stedfast eye. †5. adv. = steadfastly adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb] anredlyOE fastlyOE steadfastly?c1225 stifflyc1290 stably1297 steadfasta1300 stoutly1303 steevely1340 sadlya1375 sturdilyc1374 firm1377 surelyc1380 like a flint1382 tough1398 firmlyc1425 unmovablyc1425 but variancec1430 sad?c1430 immovably1435 toughlyc1450 affirmlya1513 wishly1530 constantly1534 steadily1540 fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553 staidly1571 fixedly1605 indeclinably1624 undeclinably1662 unfalteringly1665 unswervingly1805 unwaveringly1830 indomitably1837 rockily1846 unbendingly1847 indivertibly1853 unshakeablya1864 undyingly1881 unshakenly1882 adamantly1897 the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > firmly (fixed) stronglyeOE fasteOE stitha1000 hardOE fastlyOE steadfasta1300 stithlya1300 steevec1330 a-rootc1374 firmlyc1374 hard and fastc1380 sadc1380 sadlya1398 steadfastlya1400 stronga1400 stalworthlyc1440 solidatively?1541 hardfast1548 secure1578 sickera1586 solidly?1611 tighta1625 securely1642 steevely1790 inexcussably1816 tightly1866 the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > steadily steadfasta1300 steadfastlya1400 steadily1678 unshakingly1846 a1300 Cursor Mundi 2874 If þou a brand þar-in [sc. into the Dead Sea] wil cast þe fire it haldes þar stedfast. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) (1495) v. xxxvi Blood is ipiȝt in þe lunges, but he is more stedefast ipight in þe herte. a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xlix. 87 In herte loke þou holde stedefast Þe benfet Þat þou ones hast. c1580 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xliv. 92 Sathan led men steid fast be the mane. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 21 Duroy now looking more stedfast found this to be very identical only son of Sir Gilbert Goosley. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xii. 229 So I held on steadfast [to the tree]. †B. n. The castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > castor-oil plant or bean ricinusOE oil treea1425 Palma Christic1450 man's motherworta1500 tick-seed1562 tick-weed1563 finger orchis1597 kick1597 steadfast1597 palmchrist1611 oil-nut1694 oilseed1760 castor-oil bean1814 castor-bean1819 castor-oil plant1839 1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Stedfast is Palma Christi. 1665 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια (ed. 2) 416 Sted fast, see Palma Christi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † steadfastv. Forms: Middle English stefast, Middle English–1500s stedfast(e. Etymology: < steadfast adj. Compare Old Norse staðfesta to give a fixed abode to (Swedish stadfästa, Danish stadfæste to confirm, establish). Obsolete. transitive. To make steadfast; to confirm, establish. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 c1450 Brut. ii. (1908) 296 King Edward..ordeyned & stefastyd þe day of þe forsaide Rounde Table to be holde þer at Wyndissore in Whitesen-wike euermore after erly. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (1893) iii. xv. 84 He..þat sted~fastiþ [L. firmavit] all his hope in god. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. liii To confirme, stedfast, and to defende the body from noysom thinges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.adv.n.993v.c1450
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steadfastadj.adv.n.

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