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stéle

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steel

Linked entry: staeli

stert

Similar entry: steort

stete

Similar entry: stíle

steóre

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Lár ł steóre þín gestýrde disciplina tua correxit, Ps. L. 17, 36. Add

stert

Similar entry: stirc

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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a place, spot, locality Mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede circumlutus locus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15. Se stede ys hálig ðe ðú on stenst locus, in quo stas, sanctus est, Jos. 5, 16. Ðes ænga stede (Hell), Cd. Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Hí cóman tó Brytene on ðam stede Heopwines

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

steóre

(n.)
Grammar
steóre, an: f.
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A regulation:?-Gif eóver hwilc forgýmeleásaþ and mé hýran nelle and emban ða steóran (steóra ?) swá beón nelle swá ic beboden hæbbe and on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 11; Th. i. 240, 17

stern

Similar entry: stearn

stede

(adv.)
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Add Hí of ðám stedum þá hors ástyrian ne mihton, Gr. D. 15, 5. ¶ of stede (or of-stede? cf. in-stede) on the spot, at once :-- Þænne þú of stede miht syllan cum statim possis dare, Scint. 193, 12: 197, 13. add On ðám ýtemestan styde standan, R. Ben.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

stéran

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Add: stýran Ðonne þú stórfæt habban wille, þonne wend þú þíne hand ofdúne and wege hí swilce þú stýre, Tech. ii. 120, 15. Se abbud stére abbas turificet, Angl. xiii. 403, 547. Stérende turificando, 402, 531

stéran

(v.)
Grammar
stéran, p. de.
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to cense, burn incense as a sacrifice Aaron stérde mid thimiama, Num. 16, 47. Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode ( Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense, 2 Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nim ǽlc his stórcillan

Linked entries: stéring stór stýran

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, es; m.
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A stoup, drinking vessel, cup, flagon Steáp ciatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 78: ii. 17, 28. Micel steáp ful, Lchdm. ii. 294, 19. Se wínes steáp fægere gefylled is calix vini meri plenus est, Ps. Th. 74, 7. Steápes poculi, Hpt. Gl. 450, 6. Nalles wín druncon

Linked entries: steóp stípel

steáp

(adj.)
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steáp, adj.
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lofty, high, towering, of buildings, hills, etc. Se streám ætstód swá steáp swá munt the stream (Jordan) stood as high as a hill, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 23. Wág steáp gedreás, Exon. Th. 476, 22; Ruin. 11. Seó steápe burh on Sennar stód, Cd. Th. 102, 15;

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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stiff, rigid, not soft, not bending Is seó eággebyrd stearc and hiwe stáne gelícast, Exon. Th. 219, 4; Ph. 302. Hláf and stán, streac and hnesce, Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Stánas and ðæt starce ísen, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 29. Beátan mid stearcum stengum,

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

stearn

(n.)
Grammar
stearn, es; m.
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Some kind of bird. [Starn is a name for the starling in the Shetland Isles; the same bird is called a starnel in Northants. v. E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, p. 73. Starn is used in Norfolk for the common tern: and stern is a name for the black tern, ib.

Linked entries: stærn stern

stéda

(n.)
Grammar
stéda, an; m.
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A stallion, an entire horse; the word is also used of a camel Hors equus, stéda emisarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 55: misarius, 56, 39: i. 287, 40. Stéda faussarius, hengst canterius, 23, 9. Hé hleóp on ðæs cyninges stédan ascendens emissarium regis, Bd.

Linked entry: stéþa

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a turn, time Ðá besæt sió fierd hié (the Danes) ðǽr ða hwíle ðe hié ðær lengest mete hæfdon, ac hié hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne the English force had sat out its turn of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31. But the word occurs mostly in phrases Ðá Noe ongan

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stæfn, stemn, e; f.
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a voice, sound uttered by the mouth (lit. or fig.) Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlíc on hlyste ... Ǽlc stemn byþ geworden of ðæs múðes clypunge and of ðære lyfte cnyssunge; se múð drífþ út ða clypungee, and seó lyft byþ geslagen mid ðære clypunge and

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, e; f. A summons, citation (in rád-stefn a summons carried by a mounted person. v. rád-stefn, where this meaning may be substituted for the one there given).

stela

(n.)
Grammar
stela, steola, stæla; m.
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the stalk of a plant Steola caulem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 53: cauliculus, 103, 50: 129, 84, Stela caulem, 13, 14: cauliculus, 76, 11: i. 33, l0. Healm vel stela culmus, i. stramen spicarum, ii. 137, 58. Sæpig stela succulentus cauliculus (ramusculus), Hpt

Linked entries: steola stealu