réþre
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A rower, sailor Réðra (hréðra, Hpt. Gl. 406, 42) ł flotmanna nautarum, An. Ox. 22
ríce-healdend
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A ruler Alfwold . . . mid rihte and mid gerisenum rícehealdend (ríce healdende?) Athelwaldo . . . rite regimina regenti, Guth. Gr. 104, 4
ríde-here
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A mounted force, cavalry Of rídehere eguitatu, An. Ox. 2, 444
Linked entry: rǽde-here
riht-gemǽre
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A lawful boundary Andlang rihtgeméres. . . on þone ðorn . . . andlang Temese on ꝥ ealdgemǽre . . . andlang rihtgemǽres, C. D. B. iii. 546, 26-31. Ðurh þone mór be rihtgemǽre, C. D. iii. 412, 21
Linked entry: riht-landgemǽre
sǽ-hund
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A sea-hound Scilla ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61
sang-dreám
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Vocal music, singing Lóce hwæt tó sangdreáme þǽre nihte gebyrige quicquid ad cantilenam illius noctis pertinet, Angl. xiii. 410, 638
scip-færeld
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A voyage Men wǽron on scipfærelde of Siccilia þám eálande sécende Rómesbyrig aliqui de Siciliae partibus navigio Romam petentes, Gr. D. 273, 18. Hwilc tunge mæg hit ásecgan, þá mándǽda þe on þám scipfærelde wǽron and on þám síþfæte gefremede, Hml. S.
scip-liþ
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A naval force Ꝥ sciplið gewende tó Legeceastre, Chr. 1055; P. 186, 18
Linked entry: liþ
scrudnere
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An examiner, investigator Strec déma . . . weorca, ac eác swylce geþóhta scrudnere ( exactor), Chrd. 88, 33
searu-hwít
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Whiteness produced by art, lustrous whiteness — Searohwít solað, Reim. 67. v. hwít; n. cf. searu-fáh
Linked entry: hwít
searu-mete
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Food skilfully prepared, a dainty, delicacy Hé fylde his wambe mid searumettum, Nap. 57
slege
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Add: the handle of an axe (?) Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelǽhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege (held back the pole of the axe) þone slege the stroke, might have been expected), Hml. S. 31, 154
slúmere
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A sleeper Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictates, and wé on úre geþeóde slúmeras hí magon nemnan, Chrc. 26, 2
smeágend
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A searcher, an examiner, inquirer Ðú þe eart módes smeágend and manna heortan, Hml. S. 12, 193
smiþ-belg
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A smith's bellows Ðeáh mon ðane gársecg útan besette mid smiðbelgum (-bylium, v. l. Nap. 58), Sal. K. 85, 13
snotorscipe
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Prudence, sagacity Snoterscipes rationis, An. Ox. 2, 172; ratiocinationis, 3015
sot-mann
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A foolish person Ús sceamað tó segcenne ealle ðá sceandlican wiglunga þe gedwǽsmenn (sotmen, v. l. ) drífað, Hml. S. 17, 101
spere-sceaft
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The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27
stæf-leahter
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An impropriety of speech, a barbarism Stæfleahtres barbarismi, An. Ox. 5467
stán-cnoll
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A rocky top (?), rock-summit Andlang þǽre róde oð hit cymð beneoðan stáncnolle, Cht. E. 248, 17