geolca
A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus
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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28. On æge biþ gioleca on middan in
renge
A spider or a spider's web
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A spider or a spider's web Renge aranea, Blickl. Gl. Úre gǽr swá swá lobbe ł rynge beóþ ásmeáde anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 89, 9. Áýdlian ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan ł ryngan sáwle his tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus
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stæl-tihtle
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A charge of theft Be stæltyhtlan (staltihtlan, MS. B.). Ðonne mon monnan betýhþ ðæt hé ceáp forstele, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 11: L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 14. Gif hwá þurh stæltihtlan freót forwyrce, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 10
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stǽna
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earth Stǽnan gillone (gillo lagena, vas vinarium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 3
stæppa
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A step Þúsend stæppan mille passus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 41
stig-wita
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An officer of a household (v. stig) Ða ðe Sodoma and Gomorra golde berófan bestrudon stigwitum those who robbed Sodom and Gomorrah of gold, despoiled their houses of officers, Cd. Th. 125, 14 ; Gen. 2079. Weallas beofiaþ ofer stíwiturn the walls tremble
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stíþe
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A name given to lamb's cress, or to nettle (cf. the lists of plants given in sections 45, 46, Lchdm. iii. pp. 30-36) Stíðe ðeós wyrt hátte, Lchdm. iii. 32, 23
stán-wyrhta
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A stone-wright, worker in stone, a mason Stánwyrhta latomi, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 16. Stánwyrhtan cementario, Hpt. Gl. 459, 38. From ðǽm stánwyrhtum a cimentario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 40
stapa
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One who steps. a name given to the grasshopper or locust Stapan locuste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 20: 71, 62. v. gærsstapa. [O. H. Ger. houui-staffo locusta.] in cpds. án-, eard-, hǽþ-, hild-, mearc-, mór-stapa
stefna
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The prow or stern of a vessel Æt lides stefnan, Andr. Kmbl. 806; An. 403: 3411; An. 1709. Æt nacan stefnan, Exon. 306, 14; Seef. 7. Sum wǽg stefnan steóreþ, 296, 20; Crä. 54. Steóran ofer stæfnan, Andr. Kmbl. 989; An. 495. v. -stefn, and next word
steóre
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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
sticca
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a stick, peg Sticca gergenna (gergenna lignum teres, quo per duas ansas transmisso operculum firmatur ne excidat, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 38: ii. 41, 32. Se sticca ( the tent-peg him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorþan, Jud. 4, 21. Styre mid
stofa
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A room for a warm bath Stofa balneum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 60
Linked entry: stuf-bæþ
stoppa
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A stop, a bucket, pail. Halliwell gives stop a small well-bucket, and also stoppe a bucket, or milking-pail, as Norfolk words ; the latter being still in use. 'The holy-water stoppe was a vessel containing holy-water placed near the entrance of a church
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stoppian
stór-sticca
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An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer (?) .i. silfren stórcylle mid silfrenum stórsticcan, Chart. Th. 429, 35
streáwberige-wíse
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A strawberry-plant or runner Streáberiewísan framen, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 70
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strýta
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An ostrich Strýta strutio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 38. Strúta, i. 280, 4
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stæþ-swealwe
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A sand-martin Staeðsuualwe ripariolus, Wrt. Voc, ii. 119, 22. Gif mon fundige wið his feónd tó gefeohtanne, stæþswealwan briddas geseóþe on wíne, ete ðonne ǽr, Lchdm. ii. 154, 5
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stán-boga
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A natural stone arch Hé geseah stondan stánbogan, streám út ðonan brecan of beorge, Beo. Th. 5083; B. 2545. Seah on enta geweorc hú ða stánbogan ( of the cave within the rock ) stapulum fæste éce eorðreced innan healde, 5429; B. 2718