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spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Hé ǽlce gére ágefe ðém hígum .iii. wéga spices, Chart. Th. 471, 14: 473, 28. Speces, 468, 24. Mid ealdan spice oþþe mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Gemelte eald spic, 52, 20. Nim clǽne spic, iii. 40, 26.

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spic

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On tócyme Drihtnes fǽtnyss ys forboden gewislíce spices búton freólsdægum in aduentu Domini pinguedo interdicitur, scilicet lardi, nisi festiuis diebus, Angl. xiii. 399, 487. Add

offrung-spic

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-spic, es; n.
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Bacon offered to idols Hé dyde swilce hé ǽte of ðám offrungspice, Hml. S. 25, 92

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spic-hús

(n.)
Grammar
spic-hús, es; n.

A larderlardarium

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A larder Spichús lardarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 16: lar (kitchen ?), Lchdm. i. lxiii. 3

spic-hús

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Hpt. 31, 12, 257. Add

spic-máse

(n.)
Grammar
spic-máse, an; f.

A titmousea tit

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A titmouse Spicmáse (Wright prints swic-) parrula. Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 40

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Lǽcedóm . . . spícan wiþ útsihtan, and dracontjan wiþ fúle horas, . . . and balzaman smiring wiþ eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. ii. 174, 4

spír

(n.)
Grammar
spír,

a spire

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a spire v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, where spire is given as the name of the reed and of various spiked grasses. The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10

spelc

(n.)
Grammar
spelc, spilc

splintfissula,a splinter or narrow strip of woodsplints for binding up broken bones

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Wið foredum lime ... dó spilc tó apply a splint, 66, 23

Linked entries: spilc spilcan

spitu

(n.)
Grammar
spitu, e; f.

A spit

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A spit Spitu veru, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 9: 82, 66: Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 80, 10. Ueru spitu, ueribus spitum, 14; Zup. 89, 13

spec

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spéc

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spilc

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spæc

(n.)
Grammar
spæc, es; m. (?) n. (?)

A thin twigtendrilrunnersarmentum, cremium, fasciculus ex siccis lignis, malleolus, ramus

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A thin twig, tendril, runner Twig ramus, spæc framen (cf. framen streáberie-wísan, 31, 70), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 81 : ii. 36, 57: cremium (cremia ligna tenuia et arida), 151, 2. Ðara spaca speldra malleoli (malleolus manipulus sparteus pice contectus quem

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spind

(n.)

fatarvinaadeps, arvina, pinguedo

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fat Spind arbina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 54. Hrysel vel gelend vel spind (swind. Wrt.) vel swínes smere arvina vel adeps, i. 44, 20

spiwe

(n.)
Grammar
spiwe, es; m.

A vomiting, vomit

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A vomiting, vomit Spiwe deah ðám monnum ðe for fylle gihsa slihþ, Lchdm. ii. 60, 23

spón

(n.)
Grammar
spón, es; m. : e; f. (? v. sæp-spón)

A chip, shaving

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A chip, shaving Spón astula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 63 gingria, 109, 71. Fomes spoon; idem astula39, 70. Geswǽled spoon vel tynder fomes i. 39, 21. Monige of ðam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis

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sped

(n.)

phlegmrheum

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phlegm, rheum Sped petuita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 22 : 68, 18. Sped glaucoma (cf. spade the congealed gum of the eye, Halliwell's Dict.), Hpt. Gl. 447, 22

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spiw-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
spiw-drenc, -drinc (spiwe-), es; m.

An emetic

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An emetic Spiwedrenc, Lchdm. ii. 136, 25 : 270, 19 : 272, 4, 6. Se ðe hæfþ þearfe piwdrinces,s 60, 26. Tó spiwdrence, 268, 21. Wyrc spiwdrenc, 270, 27 : 302, 17. Se man þurh spiwedrenc áspíwþ ðone wǽtan, 60, 22: 336, 1. Spiwedrencas, 170, 6

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spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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a trace, track, spoor Ne biþ ðǽr éþe ðín spor on tó findanne vestigia tua non cognoscentur Ps. Th. 76, 16. Stande ðæt spor for ðone foreáð, L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16. Wé noldon tó ðæm spore onlútan. Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 18 : Exon. Th. 497, 8 ; Rä