sorgung
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Sorrowing, grieving, sorrow, grief Ðǽr ( in hell ) is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 4
soru
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A particle of dust, bit of straw Sore (stréu, Rush.) festucam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 3, 4. v. seár, and cf. (?) Icel. sori dross
sóþfæstness
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truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity On worulda woruld wunaþ ðín sóðfæstnes thy faithfulness is unto all generations (A. V.), Ps. Th. 118, 90: 56, 12. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode. Cwæþ se æþela
sníte
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A snite, snipe. [Halliwell quotes: 'A snipe or snite, a bird lesse than a woodcocke,' Baret, 1580,,] Sníte vel wude*-*cocc aceta, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 52. Sníte acegia, 62, 23: ii. 4, 36: 99, 14
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sníðung
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a cutting, cut (v. sníðan, ) Gif ða ómihtan þing sýn útan cumen of wundum oððe of sníþingum oððe of slegum, Lchdm. ii. 82, 22. slaying, slaughtering (v. sníðan, ) Offrung sacrificium, sníþung mactatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 50. Sníðing, ii. 59, 10
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snód
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A snood, fillet, head-dress Snód cappa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 8: 13, 42: capsa (cappa?), 128, 34; cinthium, mitra, 131, 10: vitta, i. 16, 65: 26, 5. Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire
snoru
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A daughter-in-law Snoro nurus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 3: 83, 83. Snoru, 73, 52: 60, 49: i. 52, 10. Snoru, snora, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 18. Swegr on hyre snore and snoru on hyre swegere, Lk. Skt. 12, 53. Sc̃a Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur
sócn
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a seeking, search, exploring. v. land-sócn, sécan, 1. a seeking, desiring, trying to get. v. mete-sócn, sécan, 2. a seeking to obtain an end. v. hláford-sócn, sécan, 3. a seeking for information, question, inquiry, v. sécan, 5 Be monigum sócnum and frignyssum
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sól
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The sun Ne ðé sunne on dæge sól ne gebærne per diem sol non uret te, Ps. Th. 120, 6
smeoru-sealf
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A grease-salve Gif ðú wǽtan dést tó oððe smerusealfe, ne meaht ðú hit gelácnian, Lchdm. ii. 148, 23
smeoru-wyrt
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Smer-wort. 'Aristolochia rotunda, in allusion to its use in ointments.' E. D. S. Plant Names. Halliwell gives 'smereworth the round birthwort, or the herb mercury'. It is found in the following glosses Smeoruwyrt veneria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 33. Smerowyrt
sméðness
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smoothness Hé forgeaf hreóflium sméðnysse, Homl. Th. i. 26, 11. a smooth, level surface Feld campus, sméðnys planities, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 49
smicerness
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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation), Wrt. Vpc. ii. 42, 53
smireness
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Ointment, unguent Cwæþ se wrítere ðæt Maria genáme án pund deórwyrðre smyrenesse (smerenesse, 69, 1). . . . Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum, Blickl. Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse. Rush. ) unguentum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12.
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smíte
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A foul, miry place (?) Ego mansam in loco qui celebri a solicolis nuncupatur æt Smitan uocabulo ministro meo largitus sum . . . Ðis is ðære ánre híde landgemǽru tó Smítan . . . of ðæm sló tó Smítan; of ðære Smítan tó berge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 166,
smyltness
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Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillity. of physical calm Ðá bebeád hé ðam winde and ðære sǽ, and ðǽr wearð geworden mycel smyltness, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 26. Smyltnes, Mk. Skt. 4, 39: Blickl. Homl. 235, 9. On smyltnysse lyfta serenitate aerum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474,
slidorness
Slipperiness ⬩ a slippery place
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Slipperiness, a slippery place Slidornis lubricum, Blickl. Gl. (Ps. 34, 6): Ps. Spl. T. 34, 8
spynge
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A sponge Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déþ ( tanquam spongia ), Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 27. Hí bewundon áne spyngan (spingan, MS. B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32. Spync
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spyrnung
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Spurning
spyrte
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A basket Spyrte fiscella, Germ. 400, 492. Spirte cistula, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 33: ii. 17, 7. Of ðære láfe wǽron gefyllede seofon spyrtan. . . . Spyrte biþ, swá swá gé sylfe witon, of rixum gebroden, oððe of palmtwygum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 6-9: 396, 8. Siofun