Obs. [f. STATHEL v. + -NESS.] Solidity, firmness.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter lxviii. 3. I am festened in slime depe esse, And es þare na staþelnesse. Ibid., cxxxviii. 15. And þe staþelnes ofe me In netherest ofe erthe to be.
