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stelan

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Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T. Grn. 17, 18. Add

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, es; n.

a placeplacesteadsteadsituationcondition

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Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. stead (as in the phrase to stand a person in good stead.

Linked entry: æt-steal

stela

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Stela, stealu cauliculus, An. Ox. 547. Add

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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Th. 135, 17. fig. v. stearc-heard Nán stefn búton stearc and heard wóp for wóhdǽdum, Wulfst. 139, 3

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

stearn

(n.)
Grammar
stearn, es; m.
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Him stearn (the tern) oncwæð ísigfeþera, Exon. Th. 307, 14; Seef. 23

Linked entries: stærn stern

stelan

(v.)
Grammar
stelan, p. stæl, pl. stǽlon; pp. stolen
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To steal (with dat. of person from whom) Stilith conpilat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 33. Stiled, 15, 32. Gif frigman fréum stelþ, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2. Se ðeo steoþ on ðone dæg, ne geáhsaþ hit manna, Lchdm. iii. 178, 5. Stæl conpilabat, Wrt.

Linked entry: a-stælan

stæf

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Se biscop hine hét (steafa, v. l. ) naman cweðan, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. Ꝥ getæl þǽra stafena, Angl. viii. 335, 40. Stricum, stafum apicibus, i. litteris, An. Ox. 2009.

-steald

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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a place, spot, locality Mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede circumlutus locus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 15. Se stede ys hálig ðe ðú on stenst locus, in quo stas, sanctus est, Jos. 5, 16. Ðes ænga stede (Hell), Cd. Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Hí cóman tó Brytene on ðam stede Heopwines

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

-stefn

(suffix)

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stemn

Similar entry: stefn

sténan

(v.)
Grammar
sténan, p. de.
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to groan Ic grymetige and sténe mid ealle móde rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei, Ps. Th. 37, 8. [Du. stenen to groan.] to cause to sound(?) Com ðá wígena hleó þegna þreáte þryðbord sténan beaduróf cyning burga neósan (came with clang of shields), Elen.

steng

(n.)
Grammar
steng, es; m.
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A stang (v. Halliwell's Dict.), pole, stake, staff, cudgel, bar Steng (stencg, stengc) vectis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 10: Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 44. Stengc, 81, 29. Steng clava, ii. 104, 11: 14, 41: claumentia, 131, 55. Styng clava, i. 33, 60. Wið slege

Linked entry: stæng

steóp-

(prefix)
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deprived of a relative. The form seems to have been used in the first instance in combination with words denoting children, to mark loss of parents, and then to have been combined with father, mother to express the relation of one who married the mother

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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guidance, direction Lár vel steór disciplina, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 57: 75, 31. Gyrd steóre virga directionis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 7. Ðæt hé ðoncfull sí stýre him ðæs bebodenan folces contentus sit gubernatione creditae sibi plebis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 372, 33. God sette

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, es; n.
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A rudder, helm

stépan

(v.)
Grammar
stépan, p. te
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To cause to take a step, to initiate Gistoepid initiatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 2. Gestéped, gehálgodne initiatum, 45, 70. Cf. stæppan; p. stóp. v. (?) on-stépan

Linked entry: on-stépan

stéran

(v.)
Grammar
stéran, p. de.
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to cense, burn incense as a sacrifice Aaron stérde mid thimiama, Num. 16, 47. Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode ( Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense, 2 Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nim ǽlc his stórcillan

Linked entries: stéring stór stýran

stern

Similar entry: stearn

streál

Similar entry: strǽl