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swefel-réc

(n.)
Grammar
swefel-réc, es; m.
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Sulphur-smoke, the smoke from burning sulphur Ríneþ ofer ða synfullan swefelréc pluet super peccatores sulphur, Ps. Surt. 10, 7. Cf. swefel-þrosm

swefel-þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
swefel-þrosm, es; m.
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Cf. swefel-réc

Linked entry: þrosm

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de
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To sound. to make a noise, with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash Ðonne swéiþ cum insonuerit, Kent. Gl. 12. Heora fyðera swégaþ swá swá wæteres dyne, Wulfst. 200, 15.

Linked entries: swagoþ swéging on-swégan

sundor-hálga

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-hálga, an; m.
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R. 9, 28. Manega ðæra sunderhálgena (Pharisaeorum), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7. Ðæra wrítera and sundorhálgena, 5, 20. Sunderhálgena, Homl. Th. ii. 216, 26. Ða wǽron of sundorhálgon, Jn. Skt. 1, 24

Linked entry: hálga

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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On Sunnandæge mon sceal hraðor árísan tó úhtsange, R. Ben. 35, 2: 42, 15: Wulfst. 305, 23

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

supe

Grammar
supe, in ic supe sarcio, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 50,
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read (?) súwe

sur

Grammar
sur, glosses lurco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 41,
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read (?) siir

Linked entry: sýr

suster

(n.)
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R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 2, sutel

sútere

(n.)
Grammar
sútere, es; m.
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R. 324, 17. Euerych soutere þ[^t] wonyeþ in þe citee [of Wynchestre] þ[^t] halt shoppe, E. G. 358, 22. Euerych sowtere þ makeþ shon of newe roþes leþer, 359, 14 (14th cent.). More borynde þanne zouteres eles Ayenb. 66, 12.

Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta

swíþlícness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþlícness, e; f.
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Excess; nimietas, R. Ben. Interl. 73, 7

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge, R. Ben. 63, 10-15. Ðæt hiae simle ymb xii mónaþ gegeorwien tén hund hláfa and swǽ feola sufla, and ðæt mon gedéle tó ælmessan for míne sáwle, Chart. Th. 461, 11

Linked entries: winter-sufel ge-sufel

sumer-hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-hǽte, an; -hætu (o); indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Summer heat Gif ðære stówe neód oþþe gedeorf oðþe sumerhǽte hwylces eácan behófige si loci necessitas uel labor aut ardor aestatis amplius poposcerit, R. Ben. 64, 17. For ðære sumorhǽte, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 31

swyrige

(v.)
Entry preview:

= partiat, R. Ben. Interl. 54, 4) (

sydung

(n.)
Grammar
sydung, (better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f.
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(See sídung, where perhaps sidung should be read.)

Linked entry: be-sidian

sýfer-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfer-ǽte, adj.
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Moderate in eating, sober, temperate Sig se abbod clǽne and sýferǽte (sýfre, Wells Frgt.) oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, R. Ben. 119, 25

syflige

(n.)
Grammar
syflige, an; f.
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sanda . . . twá sanda genihtsumiaþ sufficere credimus cocta duo pulmentaria . . . duo pulmentaria cocta sufficiant, R. Ben. Interl. 70, 11-15. v- next word

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Souþsex ( a shire ), R. Glouc. 3, 21.]

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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swæþer ðú wille do whichever you like, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 10. in combination with swá. . . swá. . . either. . . or. . . whichever, whether. . . or Hé móste swá geceósan swá áweorpan swaþer (swæðer, other MSS.) hé wolde licuit ei excusare aut suscipere, R.

Linked entry: swaðor

tender

(n.)
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Ðæt ne gehigeleás[t] méte tender ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, R. Ben. Interl. 75, 17

Linked entry: tynder

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Gé eác earfeþa and teónrǽdena (injurias ) forberaþ, R. Ben. 27, 1, 21

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