Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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sporu

(n.)
Grammar
sporu, (?), an; f.

A heel

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A heel Spuran míne calcanei mei Ps. Spl. T. 48, 5

spreca

(n.)
Grammar
spreca, speca, an; m.

A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor

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A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor Forht folces weard héht him fetigean sprecan síne, Cd. Th. 161, 18;Gen. 2667

Linked entry: speca

sprytele

(n.)
Grammar
sprytele, sprítele(?), an; f.

A twig ⬩ chip ⬩ a sprout or twig ⬩ rung of a ladder ⬩ a splinter

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A twig, chip. (v. quotation from Jamieson's Dict. under sprot) Men of ðære ylcan styde sprytlan ácurfon astulis ex ipsa destina excisis, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 43

stæf-liðere

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-liðere, an; f.: -liðera, an; m.

An engine for casting stones ⬩ a kind of sling

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An engine for casting stones, a kind of sling Staeblidrae, steblidrae, staefliðre ballista, Txts. 44, 136. Stæfliðere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 62: fundabulum, i. 35, 31: fundibalum, 84, 36: balista, Hpt. Gl. 423, 63. Stæfliðera ballista, 487, 21. Stæfliðera

Linked entry: liðere

stodle

(n.)
Grammar
stodle, (-a; m. ?), an; f.

A slay, part of a loom

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A slay, part of a loom Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . stodlan, Anglia ix. 263, 11

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es; m.: e; f.: stræle, an ; f.

An arrow, shaft, dart

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An arrow, shaft, dart (lit. and fig.) Ðá genam hé his bogan and hine gebende and ðá mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan . . . Ðá sóna mid ðan ðe se strǽl on flyge wæs, ðá com swíðe mycel windes blǽd, ðæt seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and ðá ðone ilcan

Linked entry: streál

stór-cyll

(n.)
Grammar
stór-cyll, e: -cylle, an; f.

A censer

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A censer Stórcyl turibulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 27. .i. silfren stórcylle. Chart. Th. 429, 35. Se ðe bær ða stórcyllan tó ðære offrunge, Homl. Th. ii. 294, 20: Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nime eówer ǽlc his stórcillan, Num. 16, 6. Ðás stórcyllan haec turibula,

streáw-berige

(n.)
Grammar
streáw-berige, (streá-, streów-, stréu-), an; f.

A strawberry

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A strawberry (plant or fruit) Streáwberige fraga. Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 71. Streáberige, 31, 69. Streówberian wíse (streáwberge, MS. H. ). Ðeós wyrt ðe man fraga and óðrum naman streáwbergean nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 138, 20. Streówberge fraga. Wrt. Voc. i. 286,

Linked entry: streá-berige

becola

(n.)
Grammar
becola, (-e?), an; m. (f.?)

A spectre ⬩ witch

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A spectre, witch Becolan, egesgríman larbam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 64

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