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slá-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
slá-wyrm, es; m.
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Gl. 450, 26: regulus (cf. regulus est serpens, avis, et rex parvulus omnis, Wrt. Voc. i. 221, 9), Kent. Gl. 913: Engl. Stud. x. 40. Efete sláwyrm stellio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3 ; Zup. 35, 7 note. [Cf. Norweg. slo, orm-slo a blindworm: Swed. sla, orm-sla.]

síd-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feax, -feaxe, -fexe ; adj.
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Sume gáþ sídfeaxe, ðæt hý þurh ðæt wiðmetene sýn Samuele and Elian and óðerum hálgum ðe sídfeaxe wǽron, R. Ben. 135, 27-30. v. síd, , and next word

síd-rand

(n.)
Grammar
síd-rand, es ; m.
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A broad shield Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum, sídrand manig hafen. Beo. Th. 2583 ; B. 1289

Sigel-hearwa

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-hearwa, (Síl-), an ; m.
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R. P.) land. Lchdm. iii. 258, 18. Ðú sealdest Sigelhearwan (-as, MS.) tó móse dedisti in escam populo Aethiopum, Ps. Th. 73, 14. Cf. Sigel-waras

slæclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
slæclíce, adv.
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F. ) lágon and slépon, R. Ben. 68, 21

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Rand sceal on scylde, Menol. Fox 534; Gn. C. 37. Næfde hé scyld (scutum) æt handa, ðæt hé ðone cyning mid gescyldan mihte, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 22. Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, ii.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

scild-réða

Similar entry: scild-hreóða

scild-rída

(n.)
Grammar
scild-rída, ( = hreóða?), an; m.
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A phalanx: — Ðeáh hí wyrcen getruman and scyldrídan wið mé si consistant adversum me castra, Ps. Th. 26, 4

scín-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-líc, adj.
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Of the nature of an apparition, phantasmal Suoefno and næhta scínelíco sompnia et noxia fantasmata (the glosser seems to have read noctes fantasmaticae? ), Rtl. 180, 16

stær-blind

(adj.)
Grammar
stær-blind, adj.
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Blind from giddiness, purblind, quite blind Stæ[r]-blind scotomaticus (cf. scotomaticorum, cecorum, 78, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 81.

Linked entries: stare-blind blind

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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R. 7, 35. of persons, stern, hard, fierce Ðá Ælfréd ðæt ofáxode, ðæt se here swá stíðlíc wæs, Shrn. 16, 8

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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Stíðlícor restrictius, R. Ben. Interl. 6, 5. Stíþlícor districtior, i. rigidior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 49. firmly, without giving way Ðás geweorc stondaþ stíðlíce, Exon.

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Beó him gesǽd eall seó stíðnys and earfoðnys ðe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 96, 19. Ne hý mid weorces stíðnesse ofsette sýn ut . . . ne violentia laboris opprimantur, 75, 9.

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Faraþ hý geond missenlíce þeóda, néfre staþolfeste, nǽfre wuniende, náhwár sittende, R. Ben. 135, 23. firm in a moral sense, unwavering, unyielding, constant God is ána staþolfæst wealdend, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 241; An. 121.

steám

(n.)
Grammar
steám, stém, stiém, es; m.
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Forlǽt wynsumne réc ástígan ... Ðá of ðære stówe steám up árás swylce réc, Elen. Kmbl. 1603; El. 803. Stenc út cymeþ of ðam wongstede, wynsumra steám swæcca gehwylcum, Exon. Th. 358, 14; Pa. 45.

Linked entries: stém stiém

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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Ne stande hé on his stede and endebyrdnesse, ac stande hé ealra ýtemest, R. Ben. 68, 10. Sig him geþafod, ðæt hé stede æfter ðam abbode healde, 106, 2. Æsc stede rihte hylt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 26; Rún. 26.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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</b> a stem, stock, race. v. leód-, þeód-stefn. prow or stern of a vessel Se æftera stemn puppis, Wrt. Voc, i. 63, 37. Tó lides stefne, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 34. Of nacan stefne, Andr. Kmbl. 582; An. 291. Beornas on stefn stigon, Beo.

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Æfer ðæs gyltes gemete sceal beón gelengen ðære steóre gemet (disciplinae mensura), R. Ben. 48, 16. Ðæt hí stýran (punish) ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste ... and on ðære steóre ne sý nán forgifnes, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 8.

steorfan

(v.)
Grammar
steorfan, p. stearf, pl. sturfon; pp. storfen
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Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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A.) mynstermonna cynne ad cenobitarum fortissimum genus, R. Ben. 10, 4. rigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistent. v. stræcness On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða ánfealdan stræcan on óðre ða unbealdan.

Linked entry: strec