stán-gedelf
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A stone quarry Tó ðan stángeðelfe; of ðam stángedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 23. Æt ðæm stángedelfe, 366, 18. On ðæt stángedelf, v. 304, 21: vi. 144, 9
stán-getimbre
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A stone building Stángetimbru moenia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 67
stán-gripe
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A seizing of stones, stones seized Ðeáh hé stán-greopum (-greótum, Kmbl.) worpod wǽre though he was stoned with the stones that they seized, Elen. Kmbl. 1645; El. 824
stán-híwet
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A stone-quarry Stánhýwet lapidicina vel lapidicedum, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 17. Tó ðam stánhifete (-híwete?); of ðam stánhifete (-híwete?) tó ðam héðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 60, 24
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stán-hliþ
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A rocky slope, a rock Mín freónd siteþ under stán-hliðe, Exon. Th. 444, 16; Kl. 48. Bídaþ stánhleoþu streámgewinnes, 384, 11; Rä. 4, 26. Under stánhliðum, Cd. Th. 219, 28; Dan. 61. Stánhleoðum, Elen. Kmbl. 1302; El. 653. Ðás stánhleoþu stormas cnyssaþ
stán-hof
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A house of stone Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39
stánincel
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A little stone Stáninclu lapillulos, Anglia xiii. 31, 86
stán-scræf
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A cave in the rocks Sca Maria hine ácende on ánum holum stánscræfe, Shrn. 29, 28: 107, 28. Gongaþ on ðis stánscræf, and git ðǽr métaþ weal, se is mid ifige bewrigen, 139, 26
stán-stycce
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A bit of stone Stánsticcum crustis (frustis?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 61
stán-torr
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a stone tower Stántorr the tower of Babel, Cd. Th. 102, 14; Gen. 1700. a rock, crag, tor (cf. stánrocc,-scylf) Ad locum qui stántor dicitur, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 104, 2
stán-wang
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A stony plain Stánwongas gróf, Exon. Th. 498, 24; Rä. 88, 6
stán-weall
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A wall of stone Stánweal[les] maceriae, muri, Hpt. Gl. 409, 77. Stánwealle (-walle, Ps. Surt.) maceriae, Ps. Spl. T. 61, 3. Ða hwíle ðe mon worhte ða burg mid stánwealle, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 27. Ðæt wæter ( of the Red Sea ) him stód swilce stánweallas
stán-weorc
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Stone-work, stone-building Hé worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel on stánweorces gelícnysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 29. [O. Sax. stén-werk.] Cf. stán-geweorc
stær
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A starling, a stare (the latter is the name used in some dialects. v. E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, and Halliwell's Dict.) Staer sturnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 17. Stær, i. 63, 6: turdus, 77, 30. Stær turdus, se máre stær turdella, 29, 40, 41. Etan gebrǽdne
stǽr-wrítere
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A writer of history, a historian Swá swá sóþsagol stǽrwrítete ( verax historicus ) ða þing ðe be him oþþe ðurh hine gewordene wǽron ic áwrát, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 5. Stæfwrítere (stǽr-?) historiographus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 45. Swá swá Trogus and Iustinianus
stihtend
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A disposer, ruler Þýstra stihtend ( the devil ), Exon. Th. 267, 23 ; Jul. 419. v. next word
stricel
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a strickle, an implement for smoothing corn in a measure, v. strícan, Stricilum trocleis, rotis modicis, Txts. 100, 994. [Hic modius a buschylle, ]orium a strikylle, Wrt. Voc. i. 233, col. 2 (15th cent.). Strykylle hostorium Cath. Ang. 369. In note I
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stride
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A stride, pace Faeðm vel tuegen stridi passus Txts. 85, 1510
strúdend
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A spoiler, robber, usurer Strúdend oððe grípend raptor Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 69. Lǽnend vel strúde[nd] fenerator 148, 26
stuntscipe
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Foolishness; stultitia, Mk. Skt. 7, 22