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fóre-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, es; m.

A forewarder ⬩ scout ⬩ antecursor ⬩ explōrător

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A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness

steór-setl

(n.)
Grammar
steór-setl, es; n.
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Scip oððe steórsetl puppis, 9, 28; Zup. 56, 10. Se Hǽlend wearð on slǽpe on ðam steórsetle erat in puppi dormiens (Mk. 4, 37), Homl. Th. ii. 378, 17

gríma

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Gríma scina (l. scena), Txts. 94, 904: scino, nitatio, 98, 953. See next word

for-wandung

(n.)
Grammar
for-wandung, e; f.

Shyness ⬩ shame ⬩ dishonour ⬩ revĕrentia ⬩ ignōmĭnia

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Shyness, shame, dishonour; revĕrentia, ignōmĭnia Ðú wást forwandunga mine tu scis revĕrentiam meam, Ps. Spl. 68, 23

Linked entry: wandung

sceóh-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh-mód, adj.

Fearfu (wanton? ) of heart:l

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) of heart:l — Se synsceaþa tó scipe sceóhmód éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 32 ; Jul. 672.

Linked entry: sceóh

ge-sceandnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceandnys, -nyss, e; f.

A confusion ⬩ confūsio

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A confusion; confūsio Ðú wást ge-sceandnysse míne tu scis confūsiōnem meam, Ps. Spl. 68, 23: 131, 19

flot-herge

Grammar
flot-herge, l. -here,
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Se flothere (the Danes that had killed Edmund) férde eft té scipe, Hml. S. 32, 130. and add

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, wered, es; n.
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A sweet drink Hé scencte scír wered, Beo. Th. 996 ; B. 496. v. preceding word, and weorod-ness

dropa

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S. 23 b, 233. humour, choler Cwyld tógeneálǽhð oð ðæne dropan pestilentia adpropinquabit usque ad coleram; surfeiting turneth to choler (Ecclus. 37, 30), Scint. 170, 2.

léf

(adj.)
Grammar
léf, adj.
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Mé is gelícost þám þe on léfan scipe byþ, Gr. D. 5, 14. Add

scínere

(n.)
Grammar
scínere, scinnere, es; m.

One who produces deceptive appearances ⬩ a magician

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One who produces deceptive appearances (v. scín), a magician Scinneras emaones, Txts. 59, 746. Scíneras, scinneras scienicis 98, 952

Linked entry: scinnere

ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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and add: to pasture, feed cattle Ic gilése scíp míno ego pascam (printed parcam, but see Ezech. 34, 15) oves meas, Rtl. 10, 3. Ðá ðe gelésuadon qui pascebant, Lk. L. 8, 34. Ꝥte gelésuade ł gefoede ðá bergas ut pasceret porcos, 15, 15.

ge-seglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seglian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to sail ⬩ vēlĭfĭcāri ⬩ to furnish with sails ⬩ vēlis instruĕre

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to sail; vēlĭfĭcāri Ðyder he cwæþ, ðæt nán man ne mihte geseglian on ánum mónþe thither he said that a man could not sail in a month, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 19. to furnish with sails; vēlis instruĕre Se ðe nafaþ gesegled scip who hath not a ship furnished

Linked entries: ge-siglan seglan

hlec

(adj.)
Grammar
hlec, adj.

Having cracks or rents

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Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt.

Linked entry: lec

scyhhan

(v.)
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Cf. scín, scýan. [

ofer-rówan

(v.)

to cross by rowing

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to cross by rowing: — Ðá hét hé his leorningcnihtas faran tó scipe, and oferrówan ðone brym, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 19

met-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
met-ráp, es; m.

A line for sounding the depth of water

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A line for sounding the depth of water Sundgyrd on scipe vel metráp bolidis (βoλίς ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 46: 11, 17

nægel

Grammar
nægel, <b>. II.</b>
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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene ( clavi perditi ) and þá þylinge tóslægene, Gr. D. 248, 23. v. hand-, wer-nægel. Add

segl

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Add Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 34. Æfter siextegum daga þæs þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c. gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle, 4, 6; S. 172, 5. Add Segl larbanum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 40.

róðer

(n.)
Grammar
róðer, es; n.

An oar, a rudder

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Ne mæg scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió (pull against the stream with oars), Past. 58; Swt, 445. 13