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spere

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Þæt yrre slihð ꝥ geðyld mid his spere (sceafte, v. l. conto), Prud. 18 b. Ꝥ yrre scýt his spere (lanceam) ongeán ꝥ geðyld, 20 b. Swá sé ásent speru and flána sicut qui mittit lanceas et sagittas, Scint. 193, 16. v. eofor-, nægel-spere; gewriþ. Add

slincan

(v.)
Grammar
slincan, p. slanc, pl. sluncon.

to crawl to slink away repere, reptare

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Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende Anglia viii. 310, 17. fig. to slink away Se earma flýhþ uncræftiga slǽp slincan on hinder Dóm. L. 240

wéde

(adj.)
Grammar
wéde, adj.

Furious, in a rage, mad, fierce,

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B. v.wéde-hund) hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 362, 23

Linked entries: woede wéde-hund

wéde-hund

(n.)
Grammar
wéde-hund, es; m.

A mad dog

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Wið wédehundes (cf. wódes [printed woden] hundes, 4, 8) slite, 78, 17 : 92, 12 : 138, 13: 198, 8: 370, 12, 15 : ii. 144, 9.

wilh

(n.)
Grammar
wilh, (wiel); gen. wiles; m.

A slave, servant

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Se ðe his wiel ( servum ) slicð mid girde, oððe his wylne, Ex. 21, 20, 32

Linked entry: wiel

liðere

(n.)
Grammar
liðere, an; f: liðera, an; m.

A sling

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A sling Liðere funda, Wrt. Voc. 84, 34. Lyðre, 35, 30. Liðre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 41. Leðera funda: liðeran fundibulæ, 36, 23, 24. Swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11.

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.
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Ooze, mud, slime Wáse caenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 2: 13. 35. Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75.

sliccan

(v.)
Grammar
sliccan, (?)

to strike, slap

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Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap)

Linked entry: slic

un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrelinhostility

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Absence of quarrel, inhostility Se ðe þeóf slihð hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, and ðæs deádan mǽgas him swerian unceáses (-ceástes, MS.

hǽre

(n.)
Grammar
hǽre, an; f.

Hair-cloth, sack-clothcilicium, saccusciliciumcilicium, saccus

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Ðú slite hǽran míne conscidisti saccum meum, Ps. Spl, 29, 13

Linked entry: earan

Scride-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Scride-finnas, pl. m.
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Icel. skriðr a sliding motion, skríða to glide, slide in snow-shoes

stice

(n.)
Grammar
stice, es; m.
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Gif man þeóh þurhstingþ, slicc gehwilce .vi. scillingas, L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 16. a pricking sensation, a stitch Gif stice bútan innoðe sié, Lchdm. ii. 274, 28. Wið miltewærce and stice, 174, 4. Se hwíta stán mæg wiþ stice, 290, 10.

Linked entry: stic-ádl

ýce

(n.)
Grammar
ýce, an; f.: ýce, es; m. A (poisonous)
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Ðæt ilce biþ nyttol íces slite oþþe hundes, Lchdm. ii. 86, 2 (see note). Ðære wyrte wyrttruma on wætere geðyged wiðrǽð íceom and næddrum, i. 144, 15. Ýcan ł froggan ranas, Ps. Lamb. 104, 30. ¶ Yce parruca, Wrt.

Linked entries: ice ice

mearu

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Merwost sié, 194, 24. of persons. not grown up, not fully developed, inexperienced Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide þǽre synne in þám merwum (mearwum, v. l.) leorningmannum (tenerioribus discipulis), Gr.

gripe

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.), gúðbilla gripe he had in his hand aid for war, for the assault of battle-bills, Vald. 2, 13. non-material Þǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wlfst. 209, 18. grasp, power, control, mastery, by persons Þín feorh beran in gramra gripe, An. 217

glídan

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Hwonne úp cyme eástan glídan swegles leóma, Ph. 102. to pass from one state to another, slip, fall Oft ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, oð hit mid ealle áfielð, Past. 279, 2. of movement along a surface Þonne hié mon slóg oþþe sceát, þonne

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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Þám monnum þe for fylle gihsa slihð for the men that hiccough attacks on account of repletion, 60, 24. Sicetit vel gesca sláet singultat, Txts. 97, 1857. Sele him wiþ geohsan ceald wæter and eced drincan, Lch. ii. 62, 13.

ofer-stígan

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Hwenne so wil wit oferstieð ( gets the upper hand of), Misc. 192, 1.] add: with the idea of passing across or beyond Gewyrc ánne hring ymb þone slite útan, ne oferstíhð hit furðor, Lch. ii. 112, 1. Hé oferstáh ealle gesceafta, Hml. S. 15, 164.

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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Voc. ii. 50, 62. literal, to slip,fall Sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ðá fét ne áslíden, Past. 133, I. Hé sceolde áslídan on þá eá, Gr. D. 319, 13. His fót wearð ásliden, 320, 9: 81, 25.

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, e; f.

A cut, slice, morsel, bit a slice

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A cut, slice, morsel, bit Snǽd offa Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 73: morsus ii. 58, 12. Spices snǽd offella vel particula i. 27, 19. Seó snǽd ðæs húsles ðe heó þicgan sceolde Homl. Th. ii. 272, 26: Salm. Kmbl. 809; Sal. 404.