wár
sea-weed ⬩ waur ⬩ sand ⬩ strand
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Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125. Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8.
scild-burh
a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield ⬩ a city which affords protection ⬩ a city of refuge
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shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr, ok þykkr ok jafn öllum megin útan
Linked entries: bord-haga scild-weall
scín
An extraordinary appearance ⬩ a deceptive appearance ⬩ a spectre ⬩ evil spirit ⬩ phantom
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Ða hǽþenan deófle offrodon . . . and ða brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe eall swilc hit mist wǽre . . . ða hǽþenan on swilcon deófolscíne (altered to -scinne) blissedon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 39.
scip-teora
Pitch
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Pitch Scipter bitumen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 36. Sciptearo, Lchdm. ii. 66, 8. Sciptearos læst, 126, 8. Sciptaran bituminis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 77. Scipteran, 82, 40. Scipteran bitumine, 84, 41. Dó gódne sciptaran tó, Lchdm. ii. 326, 14. Ðá hét se cásere
Scot-land
Ireland ⬩ Scotland
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Hí cómon on Scotland (Hiberniam) upp, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 10. Scotland Hér fór Æþelstán cyning on Scotland (tó Scotlande) (in Scotiam,) (MS. F.), Chr. 934; Erl. 111, 9.
scrífan
To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard
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Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, 373, 2; Seel. 102.
Linked entry: be-scrifen
screpu
A curry-comb
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A curry-comb Ǽren screop[u ?] strigillus, Txts. 99, 1935. Screope strigillum, 99, 1906
scyld
guilt ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ fault ⬩ a debt ⬩ due
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guilt, sin, crime, fault Hé sume mándǽde gefremede ðá seó scyld ðá tó his heortan hwearf ðá onscunode hé hí hefelíce sceleris aliquid commiserat, quod commissum, ubi ad cor suum rediit, gravissime exhorruit, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 34.
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scunian
to shun ⬩ fear ⬩ avoid a thing from fear ⬩ to be afraid ⬩ to detest ⬩ abhor
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T. 69, 2. to detest, abhor Mid áne móde wurð hé gescunned uni animo detestetur, Chart. Th. 318, 37
segn-bora
A standard-bearer
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Segnbora draconarius (draconarius vexillifer, qui fert vexillum ubi est draco depictus), i. vexillarius, signifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 5. Segnboran, tácnboran draconarii vel vexillarii vel signiferi, i. 21, 66
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selen
a gift ⬩ a giving ⬩ donation ⬩ grant ⬩ the habit of giving ⬩ liberality ⬩ munificence
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Ic ðás úre selene trymmne, 106, 10. Þurh his sylene and gyfe ipso largiente, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 24. Þurh ælmyssan sylene per erogationem eleemosynae, L. Ecg. P. iv. 63; Th. ii. 222, 32.
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sester
a vessel ⬩ jar ⬩ pitcher ⬩ a measure for liquids or for dry things
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester (Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht
seowian
To sew
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U.) illa suit, 15; Zup. 97, 6. Siwaþ (siuieþ, Lind.: siowes, Rush.) assuit, Mk. Skt. 2, 21. Sum sútere siwode (seowode, MS. C.) ðæs hálgan weres sceós, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 23. Hig siwodon ficleáf and worhton him wǽdbréc. Gen. 3, 7.
sibling
A relation ⬩ kinsman
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Úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan, ii. 526, 33. Siblingum contribulibus, propinquis, parentibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 23
síd-feax
With long hair
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U. Sídfexe capillatus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 256, 10 note. Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Th. Ap. 6, 12. Sume gáþ sídfeaxe, ðæt hý þurh ðæt wiðmetene sýn Samuele and Elian and óðerum hálgum ðe sídfeaxe wǽron, R. Ben. 135, 27-30
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simbel
Continual ⬩ perpetual ⬩ ever ⬩ always ⬩ continually
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Ger. simpal for the most part appears in adverbial forms, but Graff vi. 26 gives one instance of its adjective use, simplém assiduis.
ge-trýwe
TRUE ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fĭdēlis
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He wearþ Criste getrýwe he became faithful unto Christ, Elen. Kmbl. 2068; El. 1035: Beo. Th. 2461; B. 1228. He eallum mannum sǽde and bodode ðæt wuldor his getrýwan þeówes omnĭbus fĭdēlis sui fămŭli glōriam prædĭcābat, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 10.
ge-trúwung
Confidence ⬩ trust
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Confidence, trust Getrúwung úre assumptio nostra, Ps. Spl. C. 88, 18
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ge-úðe
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of ge-unnan
ge-wyrcan
to work ⬩ make ⬩ build ⬩ form ⬩ dispose ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ celebrate ⬩ commit ⬩ to get by working ⬩ gain ⬩ obtain ⬩ merit
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to work, make, build, form, dispose, do, perform, celebrate, commit Úre Drihten wolde mannan gewyrcan our Lord would make man, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16, 16: 11; Norm. 18,14. Gewyrcean mycelne tor to build a great tower, Blickl. Homl. 187, 12: Beo.
Linked entry: ge-worht