on-stépan
to raise
Entry preview:
to raise Onstép mínne hige in gearone rǽd, Exon. Th. 454, 25; Hy. 4, 38
sorh-stæf
Trouble ⬩ care ⬩ affliction
Entry preview:
Trouble, care, affliction Æfter sorgstafum, Exon. Th. 282, 8; Jul. 660
hleóðor-stede
A place where words have been spoken
Entry preview:
A place where words have been spoken, Cd. 109; Th. 145, 1; Gen. 2399
stæf-cræft
the art of letters ⬩ grammar ⬩ skill in letters ⬩ learning ⬩ study
Entry preview:
the art of letters, grammar Ic Ælfríc wolde ðás lytlan bóc áwendan tó Engliscum gereorde of ðam stæfcræfte, ðe is geháten grammatica ... forðan ðe stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgit unlícþ, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 2, 13-17. Gramma is on Englisc stæf
Linked entry: stæf-cyst
Stæf-ford
Stafford
Entry preview:
Stafford Æt Stæfforda, Chr. 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2
stæl-giest
A thievish guest
Entry preview:
A thievish guest (of an insect eating a book) Þeóf in þýstro ... stælgiest ne wæs wihte ðý gleáwra ðe hé ðám wordum swealg, Exon. Th. 432, 13; Rä. 48, 5
stæl-here
A marauding band ⬩ predatory army
Entry preview:
A marauding band, predatory army Hié fóron út mid stælherge nihtes ... and genómon unlytel ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on ierfe, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13. Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9. Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas
stæf-plega
A letter-game ⬩ a literary game
Entry preview:
A letter-game or a literary game Staebplegan, staefplagan ludi litterari, ludi litterali, Txts. 72, 577. Stæfplegan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 17
stæf-róf
elimentum
Entry preview:
glosses elimentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 24
bæþ-stede
Entry preview:
Hé bær iungra manna plegan on handa tó ðám bæðstede belimpende and cliopode: 'Gehýre gé . . . se bæðstede is open,' Ap. Th. 12, 17-21. Add
beán-stede
A place where beans are grown?
Entry preview:
A place where beans are grown? Tó beánstede . . . of beánstede, C. D. iii. 425, 19
weoh-steall
Similar entry: wíg-steall
æðel-stenc
A noble odour ⬩ odor nobilis
Entry preview:
A noble odour; odor nobilis, Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 10; Ph. 195
alh-stede
A sheltering-place ⬩ city ⬩ arx ⬩ urbs
Entry preview:
A sheltering-place, city; arx, urbs, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 11; Dan. 690
ár-stæf
Favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ benefit ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilii latio
Entry preview:
Favour, kindness, benefit, help; gratia, beneficium, auxilii latio Fæder alwalda mid árstafum eówic gehealde síða gesunde may the all-ruling Father hold you with kindness safe on your ways, Beo. Th. 639; B. 317. For árstafum ðú usic sóhtest thou hast
Linked entry: stæf
bǽl-stede
A funeral pile place ⬩ rogi locus
Entry preview:
A funeral pile place; rogi locus, Beo. Th. 6185; B. 3097
bæþ-stede
A place of baths ⬩ thermarum locus
Entry preview:
A place of baths; thermarum locus Bæþstede thermæ vel gymnasium, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 7; Wrt. Voc. 37, 5
burg-stede
Entry preview:
a city-place, city, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 10; Gú. 1291: 124a; Th. 476, 3; Ruin. 2
candel-stæf
Entry preview:
A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15
Linked entry: sceaft