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-sewen

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sewen, adj.

Similar entry: for-

sícle

(adj.)
Grammar
sícle, adj.
Entry preview:

In bad health, sickly On .ii. nihte aldne mónan ꝥ cild, ꝥ swá bið ácenned, bið seóc and sícle (unhál, v. l. infirmus), Archiv cxxix. 21, 16

siht

(adj.)
Grammar
siht, adj.
Entry preview:

Drained (?) On sihtre mǽde norþeweardre, C. D. iii. 430, 29. Cf. seohhe, seohtre

sin-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
Entry preview:

Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

smeáþancole

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancole, adv.
Entry preview:

Thoroughly, searchingly Hí wǽron smeáþancole andspyrigende and geondsmeágende subtiliter indagantes, Gr. D. 344. 15

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.
Entry preview:

Fat (? v. smyltness; and cf. smolt pinguedo.)

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, adv.
Entry preview:

Add Him bið swíðe sófte things will go very easily for him, Hml. Th. i. 164, 2. Þæt ǽlc mann drunce be þám þe hé sylf wolde and him sóftost wǽre, Hml. A. 92, 23

sol

(adj.)
Grammar
sol, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Dirty Soles rugosae (Constantinus . . . matronae rugosae figuram vidit in extasi deformem fronte vetusta, Ald. 152, 22), An. Ox. 15, 3

Linked entry: solian

soþ-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
soþ-sprǽce, adj.
Entry preview:

Veracious Sé þe wǽre twispǽcc, weorðe sé sóðspǽce, Wlfst. 72, 16 note

-sprǽce

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sprǽce, adj.
Entry preview:

Add: v. frécnen- (?), sóþ-, unhræd-sprǽce

stǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stǽrlíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Historically; historialiter, An. Ox. 2, 310

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
Entry preview:

Add On steápan hlinc; of steápan hlince, C. D. iii. 82, 4. For Hml. Th. l. Hml. S., and add Ne standað ná ealle steorran on ðám steápan rodore, Hex. 12, 30

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, adj.
Entry preview:

Add Þá strecan uiolenti, i. fortes in forte, An. Ox. 1238

streát

(adj.)
Grammar
streát, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Bushy (?), formed by bushes (?) On ðá streátan hlýwan; of ðǽre hlýwan, C. D. iii. 229, 28. See preceding word

sundor-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
sundor-boren, adj.
Entry preview:

Borne or born apart, not to be reckoned with others Su[n]derborene non . . . adnumerandas (sex alias nothas (the vowels ) non dicimus adnumerandas, i. e. the vowels are separated from the consonants, Ald. 257, 4), An. Ox. 26, 17

sundorcræftiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sundorcræftiglíce, adv.
Entry preview:

With special skill, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 18. See preceding word

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
Entry preview:

Gif hé (thunder) bið súð gehéred, sé bécnað cininges wífes cwealm, Archiv cxx. 47, 22. Add

súþan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
súþan-weard, adj.
Entry preview:

Southern (part of a place) Súþanweard hit hefdon Brittas, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 14

súþan-westerne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþan-westerne, adj.
Entry preview:

South-western, from the south-west Þurh þone smyltan súþanwesternan wind. Bt. 4; F. 8, 7

sweoloþ-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
sweoloþ-hát, adj.
Entry preview:

Burning hot Swoloð[át] squalida, fýrh[át] torrida, sunh[át] soliflua, An. Ox. 56, 202-205

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