fýr-spearca
A fire-spark ⬩ scintilla
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A fire-spark; scintilla Búton ísene fýrspearcan nĭsi ferreas scintillas, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 5
Linked entry: spearca
huntig-spere
A hunting-spear
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A hunting-spear, boar-spear Bárspere vel huntigspere venabulum, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 23; Wrt. Voc. 35. 12
inwit-spell
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A tale of evil, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 9; Gen. 2024
mis-sprecan
to murmur
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to murmur Misspreca murmurari; missprécon murmurabant, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 43, 41
god-spell
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Gospel Gódspel evangelium, id est, bonum nuntium, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Wrt. Voc. 75, 9. Hér ys godspellys angyn initium euangelii, Mk. Skt. 1, 1. Gelýfaþ ðam godspelle credite euangelio, 15. Matheus ongan godspell ǽrest wordum wrítan Matthew began first to write
god-sprec
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An oracle We neáh stódan ðǽm godsprecum we stood near to the oracles, Nar. 28, 32
big-spæc
A by-speech, deceiving ⬩ supplantatio
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A by-speech, deceiving; supplantatio
bí-spell
a fable
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a fable, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 19: Ors. 1, 6; Bos. 29, 11
Linked entry: big-spell
táh-spora
The point of the toe(?)
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The point of the toe(?) Táhspura calcis finis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 47. v. hand-spora, hél-spure, sporu
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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Substitute: to speak about, mention. Cf. be-secgan, I: Hit is ús swíþor bismre gelíc þæt wé þæt besprecað erubescant de recordatione praeteritorum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 30. Hé begeat sumne ðe hine bespræc tó ðám cásere, Hml. Th. i. 374, 13. of legal proceedings
bismer-sprecan
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Dele
bí-spell
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Bíspel paradigma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 3. Þreó ðúsend bigspella Salomon gesette locutus est Salomon tria millia parabolas (1 Kings 4, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 578, 3. Ídele býspelln forbúh inanes fabulas devita, Scint. 213, 5. Add
eofor-spere
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A boar-spear Eofursperum venabulis, An. Ox. 7, 56
fela-specol
Similar entry: fela-sprecol
for-spǽc
Similar entry: fóre-spræc
for-spræca
Similar entry: fore-spreca
ge-spelia
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Add: ge-speliga a vicar Crístes gespelia hé (the abbot) is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt abba Christi agere vices in monasterio creditur, R. Ben. 10, II. Þ hé (the king) sý on ware and on wearde Crístes gespeliga. Ll. Th. ii. 304, 24. Hé
ge-sprec
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See preceding word
ge-sprecan
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Add: absolute, to speak, (i) to have the faculty of speech, not to be dumb Dumbo dyde ꝥte hiá gesprecas mutos fecit loqui, Mk. L. 7, 37. Gebróht wæs him dumb, and geleicnade hine suǽ ꝥ hé gespræc, Mt. L. 12, 22. Ðreátas geségon monigo gesprécon, 15,