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hearpe-streng

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe-streng, es; m.

A harp-string

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A harp-string Hé ða hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian ongan he began to move the strings of the harp skilfully, Ap. Th. 17, 8

Linked entry: streng

ceáp-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-strǽt, e; f. [ceáp = saleable commodities, strǽt = a street, public place, market]

a market ⬩ vicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus;

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a market; vicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus; A street or place for merchandise, Som. Ben. Lye

full-strong

(adj.)
Grammar
full-strong, adj.

Full strong ⬩ most rigid ⬩ valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus

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Full strong, most rigid; valde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus Wæs ðæt eall fullstrong that was all most rigid, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 16; Say. 322

un-strenge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strenge, adj.

Weak

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Weak Paulus cwæð: 'Wé strange sceolon beran ðæra unstrengra byrðene' debemus nos firmiores imbecillitates infirmorum sustinere (Rom. 15, 1), Homl. Th. ii. 390, 26

Linked entry: strenge

án-stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
án-stræc, adj. [án one; strec stretch, from streccan to stretch ?]

Of one stretch ⬩ constant ⬩ resolute ⬩ determined ⬩ pertinax

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Of one stretch, constant, resolute, determined; pertinax Ða ánstræcan sint to monianne admonendi sunt pertinaces, Past. 42, 2; Hat. MS. 58a. 24

Linked entry: stræc

cyne-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-strǽt, e; f.

A royal street or road ⬩ regia via, publicum

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A royal street or road; regia via, publicum, Cot. 153

eormen-strýnd

(n.)
Grammar
eormen-strýnd, e; f.

The great generation ⬩ permagna gĕnĕrātio

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The great generation ; permagna gĕnĕrātio Ðú eart eorre eormenstrýnde thou art of an angry, great [heathen] generation, Salm. Kmbl. 659; Sal. 329

Linked entry: strínd

faroþ-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ-strǽt, e; f.

The sea-street, the sea ⬩ marĭtĭma via, măre

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The sea-street, the sea ; marĭtĭma via, măre Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroþsttǽte feor ne wǽre I have understood that thou wert not far from us upon the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 1795; An. 900: 622; An. 311

lagu-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-strǽt, e; f.

A sea-road ⬩ the sea

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A sea-road, the sea Ofer lagustrǽte, Beo. Th. 483; B. 239

mægen-strengo

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-strengo, indecl. f.

Main strength ⬩ great force

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Main strength, great force Gúþcyning (Beowulf) mægenstrengo slóh hilde bille with mighty force the warrior-king smote with his battle-blade, Beo. Th. 5350; B. 2678. Sum biþ gleáw módes cræfta sum mægenstrengo onféhþ one is skilled in the arts of the

mere-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
mere-strǽt, e; f.

The road which the sea furnishes

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The road which the sea furnishes, Elen. Kmbl. 483; El. 242: Beo. Th. 1032; B. 514

ranc-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ranc-strǽt, e; f.
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A road in which bravery is displayed (?) God ðé wǽpnum lǽt rancstrǽte forþ rúme wyrcan God let thee with weapons work an ample road where thy bravery was shewn (of Abraham's rescuing Lot), Cd. Th. 127, 17; Gen. 2112

weorold-strengu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-strengu, f.
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Physical strength Mec feónda sum feore besnyþede, woruldstrenga binom, Exon. Th. 407, 30; Rä. 27, 2

dún-strǽt

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Dele

fird-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
fird-strǽt, e; f.

high road

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A military road, high road Úp tó cynges ferd-strǽte, C. D. iii. 174, 8. Andlang bróces on ðá fyrdstrǽt, 443, 5

Linked entry: here-strǽt

cyne-strǽt

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Substitute: The king's highway, a high road Cyne*-*strǽte puplicum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 16

ge-strínd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strínd, e; f.
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gain Gestreónde questu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 12. progeny, v. ge-streonan; Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, Rtl. 29, 28. (O.H.Ger. ge-striunida lucrum.)

ge-strynge

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-strynge</b> (?), es; m. A struggler, wrestler Gestrynga, plegstówa palestrarum (cf. palestrarum, luctantium, Ld. Gl. H. 41, 45), Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 50

heáh-strǽt

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Of þælbricge tó ðǽre héhstrǽte; of ðǽre héhstrǽte, C. D. vi. 60, 21. [v. N. E. D. highstreet.] Cf. heáh-weg. Add

mægen-strengo

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