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Anglo-Saxon

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sporu

(n.)
Grammar
sporu, a heel.
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Dele (?) and add Hé spearn hine mid his spuran hunc calce pulsavit, Gr. D. 254, 27

spówan

(adv.)
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Add Wé hí ǽfre tihton tó þínre geþafunga, þeáh ðe ús hwónlíce speówe, Hml. S. 8, 34. Add Him þyses ne speów, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 34. Add Him ná speów nánþingc (adv. ) þǽron, C. D. iv. 58, 7

spang

(n.)
Grammar
spang, e; f.

A clasp ⬩ fastening ⬩ seracula, prena ⬩ a clasp ⬩ a clasp

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A clasp, fastening Hæleðhelm on heáfod ásette and ðone full hearde geband spénn mid spangum drew the helmet firmly on with its clasps, Cd. Th. 29, 4; Gen. 445

spec

Similar entry: spic

spéc

Similar entry: sprǽc

sped

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spéd

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Add Paulus cwæð ꝥ se geleáfa wǽre gehyhtendlicra þinga and wénendlicra spéd est fides sperandarum substantia rerum, Gr. D. 269, 14. v. feoh-, wan-spéd

spic

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On tócyme Drihtnes fǽtnyss ys forboden gewislíce spices búton freólsdægum in aduentu Domini pinguedo interdicitur, scilicet lardi, nisi festiuis diebus, Angl. xiii. 399, 487. Add

sprot

(n.)
Grammar
sprot, a twig.
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Add Sprotu labruscas, An. Ox. 2022. (The passage at sprota; might be taken here. v. An. Ox. 1557 note.)

spad

Similar entry: spadu

spel

Similar entry: spell

sponan

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teats

sprot

(n.)
Grammar
sprot, es; n.

A sprout ⬩ shoot ⬩ twig ⬩ small branch ⬩ surculum ⬩ a sprout, twig

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A sprout, shoot, twig, small branch Sprote with a rod (?), Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 35. Sprota sarmentorum, ramorum, qui de vinea exciduntur, Hpt. Gl. 445, 32: 489, 10: palmitum, Germ. 401, 16. Sprotum sarmentis, 401, 24

Linked entries: sprota sprytele

friþ-splot

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-splot, -splott, es; m? [splot a spot]

A peace-spot or place ⬩ pācis lŏcus

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A peace-spot or place; pācis lŏcus On friþsplottum in peace-spots, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 5

ge-spówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spówan, p. -speów, pl. -speówon; pp. -spówen [spówan to succeed]

To succeed ⬩ prosper ⬩ succēdĕre ⬩ prospĕrāre

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To succeed, prosper; succēdĕre, prospĕrāre Hú hyre æt beaduwe gespeów how she prospered in battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 7; Jud. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346. Him æt ðære byrig ne gespeów he did not succeed at the city, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 8

hand-spor

(n.)
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Substitute hand-sporu, an ; f. A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986

ge-spang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spang, -spong, es; n.

A clasp ⬩ binding

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A clasp, binding Me habbaþ hringa gespong síþes amyrred the rings' clasps have hindered me from going, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 14; Gen. 377

Linked entries: spang ge-spong

a-speón

enticed ⬩ secretly introduced

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enticed, secretly introduced, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 35, 19: Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 4

fót-spor

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ge-span

(n.)
Grammar
ge-span, a tamarisk tree.
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Dele, and see ge-span a clasp

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