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cim

(n.)
Grammar
cim, cim-stanas; pl. m.
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The bases of a pillar; bases, Som. Ben. Lye

cwealm-stów

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm-stów, e; f. [stów a place]

A place of execution patibuli vel supplicii locus

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A place of execution ; patibuli vel supplicii locus He to ðære cwealmstówe lǽded wæs he was led to the place of execution, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, note 38

Linked entry: cualme-stów

steór-ness

Grammar
steór-ness, stiér-, stýr-ness, e; f.
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Correction, discipline Hine sylfne ðreágian mid stýrnysse ðære gástlícan steóre, Homl. Th. i. 360, 17. Hwílon hé gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste mid stýrnysse óðrum tó steóre, Homl. Ass. 62, 259. Stiérnesse disciplinam, Ps. Spl. T. 2, 12

Linked entry: steór

fús-trendel

Grammar
fús-trendel, Substitute: fustran [ = ? fýr-stanes]
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Heofenlices fustran lígette coelestis foci (i. ignis) fulmine, An. Ox. 1428

burg-

(prefix)
Grammar
burg-, = beorg- a hill, in some compounds, as in burg-stal, q. v.

éðel-stól

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-stól, es; m.

paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium

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a paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation; patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium Eafora æfter yldrum éðel-stól heóld the son after his parents ruled the paternal-seat. Cd. 56; Th. 69, 2; Gen. 1129. He éðelstólas healdan cúðe he could hold [his] paternal-seats

Linked entry: fæder-éðel-stól

for-stylþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-stylþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-stelan.

steals

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steals, Ex. 22, 7;

forþ-stóp

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-stóp, pl. -stópon

went forthproceededpassed by

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went forth, proceeded, passed by, Ps. Lamb. 72, 7: Mk. Bos. 14, 35: 15, 29;

ge-búr-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búr-scipe, es; m. [ge-búr a dweller; scipe state, condition]

A neighbourhoodan association of the dwellers in a certain district acknowledged by the statecoloniaviciniaconsociatio

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A neighbourhood, an association of the dwellers in a certain district acknowledged by the state; colonia, vicinia, consociatio On ðam ylcan gebúrscipe in the same neighbourhood, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 21 [MS. B]

a-standan

(v.)
Grammar
a-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand upget uprise upriseexsurgereresurgeresurgereto insistpersistcontinuepersistereinstare

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to stand up, get up, rise up, rise; exsurgere, resurgere, surgere Ðá astód he semninga exsurrexit repente, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20. He up astandeþ of slǽpe he rises up from sleep, Exon. 96 a ; Th. 358, 4 ; Pa, 40.

Linked entry: a-stód

strícan

(v.)
Grammar
strícan, p. strác, pl. stricon; pp. stricen.
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to stroke, smooth, rub, wipe Ne delfe hý nán man mid ísene and mid wætere ne þweá, ac stríce hý mid cláðe clǽne, Lchdm. iii. 30, 24. v. ymb-strícan. to make a stroke, v. be-strícan; strica. to go, move, run Búlon ðæm rodere ðe ðás rúman gesceaft ǽghwylce

Linked entries: a-strícan strece

fæder-éðel-stól

Grammar
fæder-éðel-stól, l. fæder eðel-stól,

Similar entry: éðel-stól

ge-þrít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrít, (?), ge-þrét (an i-stem noun?)
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clamour of a host, threatening noise [Tó?] geþréte [ad?] clangorem (cf. ? cum ad stridulae buccinae sonum Gothorumque clangorem ... Roma contremuit, Ald. 65, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 55

Linked entry: ge-þréte

fylde-stól

Grammar
fylde-stól, v. fild[e]-stól.

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á-steóran

(v.)
Grammar
á-steóran, -stýran; p. de

To steerguidegovern

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To steer, guide, govern Þú ástýrst and wildest æallum þís middangearde, Shrn. 168, 9

Linked entry: á-stýran

fór-standan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand before or againstwithstandopposehinderresistĕreimpĕdīre

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To stand before or against, withstand, oppose, hinder; resistĕre, impĕdīre Ne meahte seó weáláf wíge fórstandan the miserable remnant could not withstand in battle, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 44; Met. 1, 22.

Linked entry: fór-stondan

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); pl.
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Beer Swatan cervtsia, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 62: ii. 17, 25. Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

-en

(v.; adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-en, is a termination of adjectives, — hence from fyr fire is fýren fiery, stǽn a stone; stǽnen stony: -en is also the termination of pp. in strong verbs; arisen risen, from arísan to rise; dolfen digged, from delfan to dig; when known, from witan

to know

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to know

gestæf-lǽred

(v.)
Grammar
gestæf-lǽred, part. [stæf a letter; lǽred learned; pp. of lǽran]

Versed in lettersliteratelearnedbooklearnedlītĕrātus

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Versed in letters, literate, learned, booklearned; lītĕrātus Cild biþ gestæflǽred a child will be booklearned, Lchdm. iii. 184, 3: 192, 15: 194, 12

Linked entries: -lǽred -stæf-lǽred

arce-stól

(n.)
Grammar
arce-stól, es; m. [arce chief, stól a stool]

An archiepiscopal see or seatsedes archiepiscopalis

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An archiepiscopal see or seat; sedes archiepiscopalis Æt his arcestóle on Cantwara byrig at his archiepiscopal see in Canterbury, Chr. 1115; Th. 371, 5: 1119; Th. 372, 32