† steadfastheadn.
Obsolete. rare.
Steadfastness.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
c1400 Solomon's Bk. Wisdom 286 Many men schullen turne to yuel, men may drede, ffor on erþe men may se to liþer stedfast hede.
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n.c1400- to fire up
- to firk it
- to firk oneself up
- to firk out with
- to firk out with a sword
- to firk to death, of life
- to firk to death, out of life
- to firk up
- to firm with the hand
- to fish before the net
- to fish for a compliment
- to fish for oneself
- to fish in drumly waters
- to fish in troubled waters
- to fish lie on or upon the grabble
- to fish on or upon the grabble
- to fish out
- to fish out the bottom of a person's stomach
- to fish the anchor
- to fish together
- to fish with fly
- to fist a person with
- to fist about
- to fist with
- to fit it