inflexible

inflexible, adj.


1. (résolu, inébranlable) mōdig, v.h.a. muotig, v.s. mōdag ♦ staþolfæst stedefæst > a.m. steadfast ♦ stīf > a.m. stiff, v.n. stirðr, m.h.a. stīf > all.m. steif ♦ stīþ, v.fr. stīth ♦ stīþferhþ/stīþfrihþ stīþhycgende strang/strong > a.m. strong, v.n. strangr, v.h.a. strengi (ja/jō) > all.m. streng, v.s. strang, v.fr. strang ♦ untȳdre/untīdre.

2. (implacable) flinten h(e)ard (a/ō) > a.m. hard, got. hardus (u), v.n. harðr (a/ō), v.h.a. hart(i) (ja/jō) > all.m. hart, v.s. hard, v.fr. herd ♦ heardheort stǣnen, got. staineins, v.h.a. steinīn, v.fr. stēnen ♦ stræc/strec st(e)arc/streac > a.m. stark, got. starks, v.n. sterkr, v.h.a. starc/starah > all.m. stark ♦ stearcferhþ stīþlicstyrnlic/sti(e)rnlic unābȳgendlic/unābīgendlic/unābēgendlicungewildelic unleoþuwāc/unliþewāc/unliþowāc/inliþewāc, v.h.a. unlidoweih ♦ ungebīgendlic.

3. (sévère, rigide) h(e)ard ←.