Stǣr is sēo gereccung forþgeƿitena belimpa, gefērrǣdnessa and þēodferscipa. Þæt ƿord
stǣr cymþ of þǣm
Grēciscan historia (
ἱστορία), "racu sumes mannes gefriga," and dǣlþ þā
ƿordsibbstǣre mid þǣm
Nīƿan Engliscan ƿorde
story. Se
1911 Ƿīsdōmhord Brytene cƿæþ þæt "stǣr in þǣre ƿīdran mǣnunge is eall þe gelumpen is, nā lǣs ealle þā belimpas mennisces līfes, ac ēac þā þǣre gecyndan ƿorulde. Þis is eall þe andƿendednesse drīegeþ; and þus nīƿe cræft hæfþ geīeƿed þæt nāht
unstyriende is, þæs, se hāla eallrūm, and ǣlc dǣl þæs ilcan, hæfþ his stǣre."
