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snáw-gebland
A snow-storm
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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret
cor-snǽd
A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta
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A choice or trial piece; panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta. A sort of ordeal in which the person accused had placed in his mouth an ounce of bread or cheese. If he ate it freely and without hurt, he was considered innocent; but guilty, if he could not
in-snǽd
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A piece of woodland kept in the lord's hand(?) Tó Óswaldingtúne hiérð holenhyrst ... and triphyrst and insnádis (-as ?) intó Óswaldingtúne, C.D. ii. 228, 4. Cf. in-wudu
snǽd-mǽlum
By bits, a bit at a time
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By bits, a bit at a time Pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time Lchdm. ii. 356, 13
sin-snǽd
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A huge bit Grendel slǽpendne rinc slát . . . syn*-*snǽdum swealh ( swallowed by huge bits, or by bits that followed each other continuously ? ), Beo. Th. 1490 ; B. 743
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cor-snǽd
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snáw-hwít
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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add
snáw-ceald
Cold as snow
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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna (but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro Met. 29, 8
snáw-hwít
Snow-white
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Snow-white Snáwhwít niveus Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 48. Snáwítre clǽnnysse nivei pudoris Hymn. Surt. 104, 17. Mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen Homl. Th. i. 400, 29. Sittende on snáwhwítum horse ii. 134, 27. Snáwhwítne hláf Homl. Skt. i. 2, 405: 18, 164
tó-sníðan
to cut in two ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ cut up ⬩ to cut away ⬩ cut off
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to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . . Ðá wǽron ðǽr manige men ðe . . . hine bismrodan, ðæt hé his gegyrelan tó-sníðan sceolde, Blickl
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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to cut, make an incision in anything Snáð ðæt ís ðara háligra líchoman Shrn. 62, 1. Mec snáð seaxes ecg Exon. Th. 408, 2; Rä. 27, 6. to cut as a surgeon does, to lance or to amputate Mon sníð ða bearneácnan wíf secuerunt praegnantes Past. 48, 2; Swt
ge-sníþan
To cut ⬩ cut off
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To cut, cut off Summ monn gesnáþ him ða eárelipprica quidam amputavit illi auricula, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 47. Gif ðú stǽnen weofod me wyrce ne tymbra ðú ðæt of gesnidenum stánum if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone
sceád
Shed ⬩ a division ⬩ distinction ⬩ reason ⬩ reckoning
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Shed (in water-shed), a division, distinction, reason, reckoning Ðú scealt gyldan scád wordum thou shalt give an account (of thine actions) in words, Dóm. L. 73. Haueð wit and schad bituhhe god and uuel, O. E. Homl. i. 255, 30. Snæd and skill, Orm. 5534
twi-snæcce
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Double-pointed, cloven Twysnæcce bisulcus, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Zup. 288, 11. (Cf. Snek pessulum. Wrt. Voc. i. 237, col. 2. Snekke or latche clitorium, pessulum, Prompt. Parv. 461. Snekk obex, obecula, Cath. Ang. 346 and see note. Sneck a latch; a piece of
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ymb-sníþan
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To circumcise On restedæge gé ymbsníðaþ mann, Jn. Skt. 7, 22. Abraham ymbsnáð his sunu, Gen. 17, 23. Ðæt stǽnene sex, ðe ðæt cild ymbsnáð, Homl. Th. i. 98, 10. Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim, Shrn. 47, 20. Hé hine lǽt ymbsníðan mid
gnirran
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat
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snegel
A snail
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A snail Snegl, snél limax Txts. 75, 1220. Snegel Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 63. Snægl 24, 4: ii. 51, 4. Snegel se ðe hæfþ hús testudo i. 78, 64. Snegl, snægl, snægel Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 8. Gehúsed snægl Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 5. Snegl, snægl marruca Txts. 77, 1283
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em-sníðan
To circumcise ⬩ circumcĭdĕre
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To circumcise; circumcĭdĕre Ge emsníðaþ ðæt flǽsc eówres fylmenes circumcīdētis carnem fraputii vestri, Gen. 17, II
þri-snæcce
Three-pointed ⬩ cloven in three
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Three-pointed, cloven in three Þrysnece (-suæcce, -snæce) tungan hæfþ seó næddre trisulcam linguam habet serpens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 12