steding-líne
Entry preview:
A rope that supports a mast, a stay Stedinglíne opisfera, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 61. S[t]edinglíne, 57, 2
Linked entry: seding-líne
steorfa
Entry preview:
mortality, pestilence Sceal áspringan wíde and síde stric and steorfa and fela ungelimpa, Wulfst. 86, 12: 159, 10. Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh here oðþon hungor, þurh stric oððe steorfan, L.
steór-oxa
Entry preview:
A steer Steóroxa anniculus vel trio, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 41
Linked entry: steór
steorra
Entry preview:
A star Steorra stella, tungel sidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 53. Swána steorra hesperius, ii. 43, 39. Se hára (háta ?) steorra canis vel canicula, Stella quae Sirius vocatur, 128, 25.
steór-réðra
Entry preview:
A steersman, skipper, captain Crist wæs on ðæm scipe swá se steórréþra . . . Andreas ástág on ðæt scip and gesæt be tfæm steórréþran, Blickl. Homl. 233, 4, 24: 235, 23
stafa
Entry preview:
A letter Stafana litterarum, Hpt. Gl. 460, 54
stán-bucca
Entry preview:
A mountain goat Ðes stánbucca hic cynyps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 57; Zup. 68, 5
stán-hípe
Entry preview:
A stone-heap Andlang burhweges tó ðære stán-hýpan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 431, 10
Linked entry: hípe
stán-wurma
Entry preview:
Colour got from a stone Stánwurman vermiculo, tinctura, Hpt. Gl. 431, 34
súþ-rima
Entry preview:
A south coast Ðý ilcan sumera forwearð nó læs ðonne xx scipa mid monnum mid ealle be ðam súðriman, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 15: 1009; Erl. 141, 32
Linked entry: súþ-stæþ
swica
Entry preview:
Th. ii. 392, 25. one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor Him man wearp on, ðæt hé wæs ðes cynges swica and ealra landleóda that he was a traitor to his king and country, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 4.
Linked entry: ǽ-swíca
swice
Entry preview:
A trap Swican decipulam, Hpt. Gl. 520, 30: Anglia xiii. 36, 263
swín-líca
Entry preview:
The figure of a swine or boar Wǽpna smið (ðone helm) besette swínlícum, Beo. Th. 2910 ; B. 1453
sund-plega
Entry preview:
Play in the waterExon. Th. 205, 12; Ph. 111.182, 10; Gú. 1308. Se tíreádga (the Phenix) twelf síþum hine bibaþaþ . . . siþþan hine sylfne æfter sundplegan hefeþ on heánne beám, Se hærnflota (the ship) æfter sundplegan (its journey across the sea) sondlond
sunna
Entry preview:
Sóna eode sunna up, Sunne (-a, MS. J.), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 297, 7. Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10
Linked entry: sunne
súpe
Entry preview:
A sup, draught Súpe nigon súpan, Lchdm. ii. 102, 16
súsl-bana
Entry preview:
A torturing destroyer, one who tortures while he destroys Swarte súslbonan ( devils ), Cd. Th. 305, 1; Sat. 640
sweord-geníðla
Entry preview:
A foe armed with a sword:?-Ðonne fyrd*-*hwate on twá healfe tohtan sécaþ sweordgeníðlan, Elen. Kmbl. 2359; El. 1181
sweord-plega
Entry preview:
-Æt ðam sweordplegan wíg forbúgan, Wald. 22; Vald. 1, 13
sweóta
Entry preview:
The scrotum:?-Sweótan marsem ( = marsupium, v. Cockayne's remark, Lchdm. iii. 371, col. 1), Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 27