ofer-stígan
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add: with the idea of mounting, lit. or fig. Hí becómon tó ðǽre stigole þǽr se þeóf oferstáh (got over ) in ðone wyrttún, Gr. D. 24, 8. Dó ealu ꝥ þá wyrta oferstíge ( rise above ), Lch. ii. 104, 17. Oferstigan praecellerent (ut pyrae cacumina obelisci
of-stígan
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to descend Sé ðe ofer hróf ne ofstíges (ástigað, R.) ádúne in hús qui super tectum non descendat in domum, Mk. L. 13, 15. Ofstág (ástág, R.) mið him descendat cum eis, Lk. L. 2, 51. Ofstág ádúne, 19, 6. Ðá ðe from Hierusalem ofstigon (ástigun, R.), Mk
Linked entry: stígan
on-sting
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Icc nelle nâteswhôn geþafian ꝥ þaer æ̂nig man æ̂nigne onstyng habbe on æ̂nigum þingum, Cht. E. 303, 10
ord-stapu
orweg-stíg
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Dele, and see preceding word
riht-stefn
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a properly pronounced word, properly modulated sound Ná mid rihtstefnum ac mid micelum hreáme ongann clypian magnis non vocibus, sed stridoribus clamare incepit, Gr. D. 28, 28
Linked entry: stefn
stæf-cræft
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Add Stæfcræft grammatica, An. Ox. 3114. Add Stæfcræftes brede (æthralis) literaturae albo (descriptos), An. Ox. 3031. Stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49. (Both glosses refer to the same passage. )
stæf-cyst
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Stæfcræftes, [stæf?]cyste literaturae, An. Ox. 3031. Add
stæf-leahter
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An impropriety of speech, a barbarism Stæfleahtres barbarismi, An. Ox. 5467
stær-blind
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Arrianus wearð slagen mid sæmnedlicre blindnesse, swá ꝥ hé eallunga stærblind wæs gelǽded mid fræmdum handum Arrianus subita caecitate percussus est, atque alienis manibus ad suum habitaculum reductus, Gr. D. 235, 3. Stærblindra scotomaticorum, i. cecorum
stefn-hlów
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Vowel, vocalic Ðæne clypolon .a. oððe þæne stemhlówan, Angl. viii. 314, 16
Linked entry: -hlów
stefn-mǽlum
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By turns Swá stemmǽlum on þám þá wucan ádreósan sic alternati in eo epdomadam percurra [n]t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280
Linked entry: stefn
stic-tǽnel
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Add: es; m
wíte-steng
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Wítstenges eculei, An. Ox. 2, 147. Add
á-stígan
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Hé on gylp ástág, Met. 9, 46. Add
beorg-steal
Similar entry: borg-steall
rún-stæf
a rune
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A (runic) letter, a rune. On the subject of Runes see Kemble's paper in Archaeologia, vol. xxviii; the Preface to Dr. George Stephens' Handbook of Runic Monuments; Dr. Isaac Taylor's Greeks and Goths, and the same writer's work 'The Alphabet.' Ðrý sind
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sár-stæf
an insult, a reproach
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A term intended to pain, an insult, a reproach Godes andsacan sægdon sárstafum swíðe gehéton ðæt hé deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde God's adversaries said with bitter words, vehemently vowed, that he should suffer death, Exon. Th. 116, 10; Gú. 205
wæl-steng
A spear
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A spear Feówer scoldon on ðæm wælstenge weorcum geferian Grendles heáfod, Beo. Th. 3280; B. 1638
wæter-steal
Standing water, a pool
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Standing water, a pool Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras, hwílon sweart wætersteal, hwílon fúle eáríþas yrnende sometimes black stagnant water, sometimes foul streams running, Guthl. 3;Gdwin. 20, 5