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sticel

(n.)
Grammar
sticel, es; m.
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That with which a prick may be given, (stickle in stickle-back; cf. stickly prickly, Halliwell's Dict.) a sting, goad Óðerne hé dráf mid sticele, óðrum hé wiðteáh mid brídle illum stimulo impellere nititur, hunc freno moderatur, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293

Linked entry: sticels

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good

Linked entry: commuc

hneáw

(adj.)
Grammar
hneáw, adj.

Stingy, ⬩ near, ⬩ niggardly

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Stingy, near, niggardly Ðý læs se hneáwa and se gítsigenda fægnige ðæs ðætte menn wénen ðæt hé síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe hé healdan scyle oððe dǽlan ne aut cor tenacia occupet, et parcum se videri in dispensationibus exultet, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 17.

tindiht

(adj.)
Grammar
tindiht, adj.

Having spikes or teeth, ⬩ beaked

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Romanus) hét stingan mid írenum gyrdum tyndehtum, Shrn. 115, 25

Linked entries: tyndeht tindect tindig

mód-geþanc

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Ic ondette míne synna . . . for múð and mearh and módgeþonc, sionwe and sídan and swýran, Angl. xi. 98, 50. a thought Swilce beóð þæs mannes módgeþancas ita stint casus mentis, Gr. D. 6, 6.

þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
þrafung, e; f.

Reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ censure

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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce and unforwandodlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge and mid ðrafunga ex mucrone quippe percutere, est impetu apertae increpationis obviare, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 53.

Linked entry: þrafian

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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a small stream Ríþ rivus ... lytel ríþ rivulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 20-27 : rivus, 80, 62. Burne ł ríþe latex, Hpt. Gl. 447, 4. Norþ tó blacan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 33. On fúlan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 257, 32. On áne ríþe

strácian

(v.)
Grammar
strácian, p. ode
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To stroke Se lǽce grápaþ and strácaþ, ǽrðonðe hé stingan wille, Past. 26 ; Swt. 187, 5. Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10.

under-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten.

to move to a place beneath ⬩ to intercept ⬩ to under-prop ⬩ support

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Similar entries Cf. under-stingan

BEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓ, indecl. in s; pl. nom. acc. beón; gen. beóna; dat. beóum, beóm ; f.

A BEE ⬩ apis

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Sió wílde beó sceal forweorþan, gif hió yrringa awuht stingeþ the wild bee shall perish, if she angrily sting anything Bt. Met. Fox 18, 9; Met. 18, 5.

Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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'Áhóh hringas on ðá hyrnan ðǽre earce . . . and sting stengas út þurh ðá hringas bí ðǽre earce sídan . . .' Hwæt mæg seó earc tácnian?, Past. 169, 19-171, 2. Ðerh aerca cýðnisse per arcam testamenti, Mt. p. 8, 6. Ðá aerce, Rtl. 194, 15

gneáð

(adj.)
Grammar
gneáð, gnéð; adj.

Sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ stingy ⬩ scanty ⬩ small ⬩ parcus

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Sparing, frugal, stingy, scanty, small; parcus Næs hió to gneáð gifa she was not too sparing of gifts, Beo. Th. 3864; B. 1930.

Linked entry: un-gníðe

á-fúlian

(v.)
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Þæt oreð stincð and áfúlað, Wlfst. 148, 7: Bl. H. 101, 3. ꝥ Þá áfúlode hé swá ðæt nǽnig nion ne meahte áræfnan þone stenc, Shrn. in, 24. Áfúlie squalescat, sordescat , An. Ox. 586. Áfúliendum líchaman hí for-wurdon. Gr. D. 207, 17.

fúle

(adv.)
Grammar
fúle, adv.
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Eal se líchoma stincð fúle, Lch. ii. 236, 14. Hé stanc swá fúle ꝥ man hine ferian ne mihte, Hml. S. 25, 545. On þá fúle stincendan eá in foetentem fluvium, Gr. D. 319, 14, in a moral sense Fúle forlegene hóringas, Wlfst. 165, 33.

be-sleán

(v.)

to strike ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike ⬩ dash ⬩ inflict ⬩ to strike ⬩ to strike

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Th. i. 100, 1. to strike, force a passage þá beslóh se þorn on þone fót, and swá strang wæs se sting þæs þornes, þæt hé eóde þurh þone fót, Guthl. 68, 2. [O. Frs. bi-slá : O. H. Ger. pi-slahan stringere, verberare.]

hrace

(n.)
Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.

The throat

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Stinge him on ða hracan ðæt hé máge spíwan, 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 12. Hire man bestang sweord on ða hracan, Shrn. 56, 14. Fýrene tungan and gyldenne hracan a fiery tongue and a golden throat, Salm. Kmbl. 148, 32. Hracan [bracan, Som.] fauces, Ælfc.

Linked entries: hraca hracu hræce hreacan

of-standan

(v.)

to remain standing, keep (trans. or intrans.) in the same place or condition, stop in a place

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to remain standing, keep (trans. or intrans.) in the same place or condition, stop in a place Swá raðe swá ðæt scrîn in biþ geboren, swá ofstint (oft stint. Thw. ) se streám aquae in una mole consistent, Jos. 3, 13.

grápian

(v.)
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Suá se wítga dyde ... mid his wordum ... hit wæs betre ðæt hé grápude mid ðǽm bíspelle ǽr ðon ðe hé cídde, suá se lǽce grápað and strácað ... ǽr ðon ðe hé stingan wille, Past. 187, 1-5.

spíwan

(v.)
Grammar
spíwan, p. spáw, pl.spiwon.

to spew, vomit, spit up ⬩ to spit ⬩ to spit

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Th. 206, 9;Exod. 249. without a case Stinge him gelóme on ða hracan, ðæt hé máge spíwan, Lchdm. ii. 62, 12. Gelóme tó spíwanne, 174, 21: 286, 20.

Linked entry: spiwian

oróþ

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Orþes spiritus, 2, 64, and add: — Him (the old man ) þæt oreð stincð and áfúlað, Wlfst. 148, 7.

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