sár-cláþ
A bandage for a wound
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A bandage for a wound Sárcláþ ligatura, fasciola, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 18: ii. 53, 77: i. 40, 62: ii. 39, 75
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
Linked entry: sorh-stæf
sár-wilm
A painful burning; a feverish heat
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A painful burning; a feverish heat Soden sárwylmum (cf. ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,170, 10-11), Exon. Th. 171, 7; Gú. 1123
sár-wís
dull
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(?) dull Ða sárwísan (Cott. MS. sámwísan), Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7
sár-slege
A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains
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A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains Wé ða heardestan wítu geþoliaþ þurh sárslege, Exon. Th. 262, 31; Jul. 341: 275, 8; Jul. 547. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198. Ðá wæs hé swungen
scearp-síne
Sharp-sighted
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Sharp-sighted Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne (-siéne, Cott. MS.) . . . swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte stánas þurhseón . . . gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpsiéne, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 19-23
wæl-seax
A war-knife ⬩ a sword or dagger used in fight
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A war-knife, a sword or dagger used in fight Hé wælseaxe gebrǽd, ðæt hé on byrnan wæg, Beo. Th. 5400;B. 2703
wærc-sár
Pain
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Pain Fruma wercsáre initium dolorum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 8
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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the Mediterranean. In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus) Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 12. Wendelsǽ mare Nostrum 12, 14:
ǽrend-scip
A small boat, a skiff
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A small boat, a skiff Ǽrendscip scapha, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 31
Linked entry: scip
hám-scir
The office of an ædile ⬩ ædilitas, officium ædile
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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye
Hámtún-scir
Hampshire
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Hampshire, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 5
heáfod-sién
The eye
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The eye Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne there [on the gallows] shall the raven take from him his eye, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 19; Vy. 36. Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490
Linked entry: heáfod-sýn
Snotingahám-scír
Nottinghamshire
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NottinghamshireChr. 1016; Erl. 154, 8
swegl-síðe
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Cd. Th. 184, 10; Exod. 105
trog-scip
boat ⬩ littoraria ⬩ tonsilla
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Some kind of boat. The Latin words which it translates are littoraria and tonsilla; the ordinary meaning of the latter is, a sharp-pointed pole stuck in the ground to fasten vessels to the shore, so perhaps trogscip means a boat fastened to the shore,
forþ-sige
Departure from this world to the lower regions
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Departure from this world to the lower regions (?) Efter his áwyrgedan forðsige (-síþe?) ligce hé ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8
Linked entry: sige
scíd-weall
A wooden fence ⬩ palings
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A wooden fence, palings Scídwealles eorþbyri vallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 34
scín-lác
magic ⬩ necromancy ⬩ sorcery ⬩ a particular act of magic ⬩ a sorcery ⬩ delusion produced by magic ⬩ delusion ⬩ superstition ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ a delusive appearance ⬩ a spectre ⬩ apparition ⬩ phantom
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magic, necromancy, sorcery Scýnláce necromantia Hpt. Gl. 482, 74. Se mec gescyldeþ wið ðínum scínláce, Exon. Th. 255, 15; Jul. 214. Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire scínláce (cf. mid hire drýcræft. Bt. 38, I; Fox 194, 30) beornas forbrédan and mid balocræftum