sternness
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About Euening they followed after vs, and all night bore lanternes with candles burning in them at their sternes, although the Moone shined.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain by Hakluyt, Richard
And at a dint he slow hem þre; 1808 Was non of hem þat his hernes Ne lay þer-ute ageyn þe sternes.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Ageyn þe sternes = exposed to the sky, or to the open air.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Larus cinereus greater & smaller, butt a coars meat. commonly called sternes.
From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir
