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candel-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
candel-stæf, es; m.
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A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15

Linked entry: sceaft

ende-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
ende-stæf, pl. nom. acc. -stafas; m.

An epilogue, conclusion, destructionepĭlŏgus, perorātio

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An epilogue, conclusion, destruction; epĭlŏgus, perorātio Heó endestæf gesceáwiaþ they shall behold their end, Cd. 225; Th. 398, 30; Sat. 541

éðel-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-stæf, es; m.

A family staff or support, stay of the houseprædii sustentācŭlum

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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentācŭlum

Linked entry: éðyl-stæf

for-stæl

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-stæl, pl. -stǽlon

stole

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stole, Gen. 27, 36: Mt. Bos. 28, 13:

Lǽden-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-stæf, es; m.
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A Latin letter Hit wæs áwriten grécisceon and lédenstafon erat scribtum græce et latine, Jn. Skt. 19, 20

leád-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
leád-stæf, es; m.

A scourge

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A scourge Similar entries [cf. last entry under leáden] Leádstafum mastigiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 75

gliw-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
gliw-stæf, es; m.

be-stæl

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-stæl, pl. -stǽlon

stole upon

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stole upon, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 33 : Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 13; Similar entries p. of be-stelan

bóc-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-stæf, es; pl. nom. acc. -stafas; g. -stafa; d. -stafum; m.

A bookstaf, a letter, characterlitera, character

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A bookstaf, a letter, character; litera, character = χαρακτήρ Awrítaþ hie on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas they cut upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters, Salm. Kmbl. 325; Sal. 162. Engel Drihtnes wrát in wáge worda gerýnu

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæl-wirðe, adj.
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Able to stand a person in good stead (v. stæl, II), serviceable Se ðe geornlíce conn ongietan ðæt hé gadrige ðæt him stælwierðe sié qui sollicite noverit sumere, quod adjuvat, Past. 17, 5; Swt. 115, 3. Ða scipu ðe stælwyrðe wǽron binnan Lundenbyrig gebrohton

stæp-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stæp-mǽlum, adv.
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step by step Wæs gesewen micel cyrce tó ðære hí stæpmǽlum ástigon (cf. Blickl. Homl. 207, 11), Homl. Th. i. 508, 12. step by step (fig.), gradually, by degrees Stæpmǽlum gradatim, per singulos gradus, Hpt. Gl. 497, 54: Scint. l01, 13. Ðæt mód glít niðor

stǽr-trahtere

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr-trahtere, -tractere, es; m.
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One who treats of history Stǽrtractere commentarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 42

Linked entry: trahtere

stǽr-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr-wrítere, es; m.
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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

bóc-stæf

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Bócstæf hoc gramma, An. Ox. 18 b, 45. Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas (nequaquam litteras noverat), ac swáþeáh hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. Gr. D. 281, 22. Add:

bisceop-stæf

Similar entry: bisceop-stól

ge-stǽn

Grammar
ge-stǽn, l.
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ge-stæn

heg-stæf

Similar entry: hege-stæf

stæf-cræft

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Add Stæfcræft grammatica, An. Ox. 3114. Add Stæfcræftes brede (æthralis) literaturae albo (descriptos), An. Ox. 3031. Stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49. (Both glosses refer to the same passage. )

stæf-cyst

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Stæfcræftes, [stæf?]cyste literaturae, An. Ox. 3031. Add

stæf-leahter

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-leahter, es; m.
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An impropriety of speech, a barbarism Stæfleahtres barbarismi, An. Ox. 5467