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hlúd-stefn

(adj.)
Grammar
hlúd-stefn, hlúd-stefne (-stefn ?); adj.

Loud-voiced

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Loud-voiced (Seó?) hlúdstefne býme grandisona tuba Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 41. Substitute:

áþ-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-stæf, es; m. [áþ oath, stæf]

An oathjuramentum

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An oath; juramentum, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 8

for-stæl

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-stæl, pl. -stǽlon

stole

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stole, Gen. 27, 36: Mt. Bos. 28, 13:

forþ-stefn

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-stefn, es; m. [stefn a prow]

A fore-prowprowprōra

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A fore-prow, prow; prōra Forþstefn scipes prōra nāvis. Lye

dúru-stod

(n.)
Grammar
dúru-stod, e; f. [stod = studu a post]

A door-post ostii postis

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A door-post; ostii postis, Cot. 157

Linked entry: dúr-stodl

ge-stépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stépan, p. -stépte; pp. -stépt [stapan to raise] .

to set erectraiseērĭgĕreto assistsustainsupporthelpsublĕvāresustentārefulcĭreauxĭliāri

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to set erect, raise; ērĭgĕre Syndon ða fóreweallas fægre gestépte the forewalls are fairly raised, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 26; Exod. 297. to assist, sustain, support, help; sublĕvāre, sustentāre, fulcĭre, auxĭliāri He gestépte sunu Ohtheres he supported Ohthere's

cyric-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-stíg, e; f. [stíg a way, path]

A church-path ad ecclesiam callis

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A church-path; ad ecclesiam callis Of ðam hylle on cyricstíge, of cyricstíge on ða blacan þyrnan from the hill to the church-path, from the church-path to the black-thorn, Cod. Dipl. 1368; Kmbl. vi. 220, 19, 20

bi-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-stelan, p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To rob, deprivefurari, privare

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To rob, deprive; furari, privare Strengo bistolen deprived of strength, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 8; Rä. 28, 13

Linked entry: be-stelan

burg-steal

(n.)
Grammar
burg-steal, es; m. [burg a fortress, city, steal a place]
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A city-place; arcis locus, arx Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29

Linked entry: burh-steal

in-bestingan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bestingan, p. -stang

To piercepenetrate

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To pierce, penetrate, make a thrust which enters but does not go quite through Gif hé þurhstinþ .vi. scill. gebéte. Gif man inbestinþ .vi. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 64; Th. i. 18, 12

bóc-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-stæf, es; pl. nom. acc. -stafas; g. -stafa; d. -stafum; m.

A bookstaf, a letter, characterlitera, character

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A bookstaf, a letter, character; litera, character = χαρακτήρ Awrítaþ hie on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas they cut upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters, Salm. Kmbl. 325; Sal. 162. Engel Drihtnes wrát in wáge worda gerýnu

éðel-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-stæf, es; m.

A family staff or support, stay of the houseprædii sustentācŭlum

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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentācŭlum

Linked entry: éðyl-stæf

for-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To steal with violencerobdeprivefūrārisurrĭpĕreprīvāre

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To steal with violence, rob, deprive; fūrāri, surrĭpĕre, prīvāre Sécende forstelan sáwla quærens fūrāri anĭmas, Ps. Lamb. fol. 142, 8. Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ [-stylþ MS. B; -steleþ MS. H.] if a churl steal property, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 15: L. Alf

édulf-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
édulf-stæf, es; m.

A family staff or support, stay of the house prædii sustentācŭlum

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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentācŭlum, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 16

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assaultassultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factusviæ obstructiothe fine for an assaultmulcta pro assultu

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an assault; assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus, viæ obstructio Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king, L.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

æt-steal

(n.)
Grammar
æt-steal, -steall, -stæl, -es; m. pl. nom. acc. -stalas [at a place, a fixed place]

Stationcamp station-sedesstatio

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Station, camp station; -sedes, statio Æt ðam ætstealle at the camp station, Wald. 37; Vald. 1, 21. Æt-stælle at the place. Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 26; GG. 150

Linked entry: stæl

Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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Athelstan, the eldest son of Edward the Elder. Athelstan, who gained a complete victory over the Anglo-Danes in the battle of Brunanburh, in A. D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning

æt-stent

Grammar
æt-stent, fut. of æt-standan, q. v.

shallstandconsistet

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shall, stand; consistet Seó eá ætstent on hire ryne the river shall stand in its course. Jos. 3, 13;

stæf-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-wrítere, es; m.

A writer about letters or grammar

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The word glosses historiographus, 42, 45, but perhaps stær- should be read for stæf-: and 18, 67 stæfwríterum glosses caracteribus, which seems an error

stǽr-leornere

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr-leornere, (?), es; m.
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stæf-, v. stæf-leornere), leornera stoicorum (storicorum?), Hpt. Gl. 503, 64

Linked entry: stæf-leornere