speld
- Avow. of Arthur,'
- Halliwell's Dict.
A splinter ⬩ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ⬩ a torch ⬩ (splinters) ⬩ splinter of a lance ⬩ a tablet ⬩ a flake ⬩ a tablet
Entry preview:
A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas
spelc
splint ⬩ fissula, ⬩ a splinter or narrow strip of wood ⬩ splints for binding up broken bones
Entry preview:
a splint Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... dó spelc tó, Lchdm. ii. 68, 7. Wið foredum lime ... dó spilc tó apply a splint, 66, 23
spearca
A spark
Entry preview:
A spark. literal Spærca scintella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 21. Spearca scintilla, i. 66, 39 : 284, 14. Ne biþ ðǽr leóhtes án lytel spearca, Wulfst. 139, 11. Sleá hé him ánne spearcan, Lchdm. ii. 290, 17. Hí ásprungan up swá swá spearcan, Homl. Th. ii. 350
Linked entry: spærca
spén
A fibre
Entry preview:
A fibre Spénas fibras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 52
sped
phlegm ⬩ rheum
Entry preview:
phlegm, rheum Sped petuita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 22 : 68, 18. Sped glaucoma (cf. spade the congealed gum of the eye, Halliwell's Dict.), Hpt. Gl. 447, 22
Linked entries: sped-dropa spediende
bysmer-specan
Entry preview:
To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme; blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare Ðú bysmerspycst blasphemas, Jn. Bos. 10, 36
Linked entry: bismer-sprecan
speld
Entry preview:
Spelda facula, An. Ox. 8, 88. Add
spere
Entry preview:
Þæt yrre slihð ꝥ geðyld mid his spere (sceafte, v. l. conto), Prud. 18 b. Ꝥ yrre scýt his spere (lanceam) ongeán ꝥ geðyld, 20 b. Swá sé ásent speru and flána sicut qui mittit lanceas et sagittas, Scint. 193, 16. v. eofor-, nægel-spere; gewriþ. Add
spæc
A thin twig ⬩ tendril ⬩ runner ⬩ sarmentum, cremium, fasciculus ex siccis lignis, malleolus, ramus
Entry preview:
A thin twig, tendril, runner Twig ramus, spæc framen (cf. framen streáberie-wísan, 31, 70), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 81 : ii. 36, 57: cremium (cremia ligna tenuia et arida), 151, 2. Ðara spaca speldra malleoli (malleolus manipulus sparteus pice contectus quem
specel
Speckled
Entry preview:
Speckled
for-specan
To speak in vain ⬩ speak negatively ⬩ deny ⬩ frustra dīcĕre ⬩ nĕgāre
Entry preview:
To speak in vain, speak negatively, deny; frustra dīcĕre, nĕgāre Hæbbe he ðæt eall forspecen let him have spoken that all in vain, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 6. Ne sý forspecen ne forswígod let it not be denied nor concealed, L. Ath. v. § 8, 9; Th. i.
spic
Bacon ⬩ lard ⬩ the fat flesh of swine ⬩ the mast on which the swine were fed ⬩ popa, ⬩ lardum ⬩ fat of seals, whales, etc., blubber ⬩ blubber, lard ⬩ lard
Entry preview:
Speces, 468, 24. Mid ealdan spice oþþe mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Gemelte eald spic, 52, 20. Nim clǽne spic, iii. 40, 26. Ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfþ when he has attended to the bacon, L. R. S. 7; Th. i. 436, 23. Etan spice, Homl.
Linked entry: spec
spec-fáh
Speckled ⬩ spotted ⬩ full of spots
Entry preview:
Speckled, spotted, full of spots Specfaag maculosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 25
spæc
spelc
Entry preview:
Add:
spell
Entry preview:
Add Ðis spell (hanc historiam) mé sume þára sægdon, þá þe hit from þǽm sylfan were gehýrdon, Bd. 4, 21; Sch. 462, 15. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Nis tó geortrýwanne ꝥ on úre yldo ꝥ beón mihte ꝥ oft geworden getreówe spell cýþað nec diffidendum est