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sol

(adj.)
Grammar
sol, (?); adj.
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Dirty Soles rugosae (Constantinus . . . matronae rugosae figuram vidit in extasi deformem fronte vetusta, Ald. 152, 22), An. Ox. 15, 3

Linked entry: solian

sóm

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són

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Add: ¶ be sóne loudly, aloud Hlúddre stefne . . . óþre stillíce . . . mid swéglicre stefne . . . óþre stillíce . . . nihtsang eác be sóne alta uoce . . . cetera silenter. . . sonora uoce . . . cetera silenter . . . Completorium aeque sonore, Angl. xiii

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

slíc

(adj.)
Grammar
slíc, (?) adj.

sleek, smooth ⬩ cunning, crafty, using smooth words ⬩ sleek

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sleek, smooth v.slícian cunning, crafty, using smooth words Similar entries (v. words given under slícian) Ic wæs ána slícera ðonne ealle óðre drýas sapientior eram omnium sapientium magorum Nar. 50, 19

Linked entry: slícian

slíw

(n.)
Grammar
slíw, sleów, sliú, slí, es; m.

a tench ⬩ a mullet ⬩ tinca, tincus ⬩ a tench

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The name of a fish, a tench or a mullet Slíw tinca Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 73: tinctus 281, 52. Sliú tincus 66, 1. Sleów mugilis ii. 57, 75. Slí tincti Txts. 101, 2020. Slii 116, 221

Linked entries: sleów slí

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Smoke, vapour, steam Swelce se bitresta smíc Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 20. Smíc fumus Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 28, 12 : Ex. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 68, 20. Hí losiaþ swá swá sméc Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 31 : Ps. Th. 36, 19. Smýc Hpt. Gl. 501, 78 : Shrn. 52, 33. Ða þicnyssa

Linked entries: sméc smoca

snid

(n.)
Grammar
snid, es; n.

A slice, cut ⬩ a slice ⬩ buccella

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A slice, cut Ðæt snid copus Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 59

sod

Similar entry: ge-sod

sól

(n.)
Grammar
sól, e; f. (?)

The sun

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The sun Ne ðé sunne on dæge sól ne gebærne per diem sol non uret te Ps. Th. 120, 6

som

Similar entry: sam

sót

(n.)
Grammar
sót, es; n.

Soot

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Soot Sót fuligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 4. Sót fuligo, deorces sótes furvae fuliginis, Hpt. Gl. 504, 6-8. Soote fuligine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 28. Sooth, 109, 46. Meng wið sóte, Lchdm. ii. 76, 8. Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Bacon ⬩ lard ⬩ the fat flesh of swine ⬩ the mast on which the swine were fed ⬩ popa, ⬩ lardum ⬩ fat of seals, whales, etc., blubber ⬩ blubber, lard ⬩ lard

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Bacon, lard, the fat flesh of swine Hi lares ðás hús; ðanon ys gecweden lardum spic, forðan ðe hit on húsum hangaþ lange, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Zup. 42, 17. Spic lardum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 25: larda, 286, 52: ii. 52, 1: tanea, i. 26, 47. Spices snǽd offella

Linked entry: spec

siru

(n.)
Grammar
siru, gen. sirwe; f.

An artifice ⬩ a snare ⬩ wile ⬩ crafty device ⬩ an ambush

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An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device; as a military term, an ambush Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2

Linked entries: syrwa siru-tún sirwe

spír

(n.)
Grammar
spír,

a spire

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a spire v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, where spire is given as the name of the reed and of various spiked grasses. The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10

síþ

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síþ,
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Æt síðestan, Ll. Th. i. 124, 22. Add

síþ

(adv.)
Grammar
síþ, adv.
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The word shows a comparative form without a comparative ending, v. Sievers, § 323

slíc

(adj.)
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Dele. The MS of Nar. 50, 19 has snotera, not slicera

smíc

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Smoec fumus, Ps. Vos. 101, 4. Sméc, 17, 9: 36, 20. Add

sol

(n.)
Grammar
sol, a sole (?).
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Dele the explanation