stearclíce
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Strongly, vigorously, vehemently, fiercely Ðá gewende se here tó Lundene and ða buruh útan embsæt and hyre stearclíce (cf stranglíce, MS. E.) on feaht ǽgðer ge be wætere ge be lande made a vigorous assault upon it by land and water, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156
stede-fæst
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Steadfast, constant, holding one's ground Wíslíc wærscipe and steðefæst (styde-, MS. G.) módstaðol biþ witena gehwilcum weorðlícre micle, ðonne hé his wísan for ǽnigum þingum fágige tó swiðe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 38. Stódon stædefæste they stood
stedig
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Sterile, barren Se ðe eardian déþ stedigne qui habitare facit sterilem, Ps. Lamb. 112, 9. Nǽron ðíne heorda stedige (steriles), Gen. 31, 38. Cf.(?) stede, IV c, and see next word
-stæfn
Similar entry: heáh-stefn
-stefne
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-voiced
steor-gleáw
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Skilled in a knowledge of the stars:?-Steorgleáwra, tuncgelwítegana mathematicorum, Hpt. Gl. 467, 75
steór-leás
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without restraint, ungovernable, fierce Sió réþe oððe sió steórleáse efferra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 16. without regulation, profligate Ðú cýþdest ðæt ðú nestest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode ðá ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men and réceleáse wǽron gesǽlige
steornede
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25
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stówlíce
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Locally, in respect of place Ða Iudéiscan ðe on Crist gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce and eác ðurh cýððe ðære ealdan ǽ : wé wǽron swíðe fyrlyne ǽgðer ge stówlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Homl. Th. i. 106, 19-21
stræclíce
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strictly, sternly, vehemently Gif him God ryhtlíce and stræclíce (streclíce, Cott. MSS.) déman wile si districte judicentur, Past. 5, 3 ; Swt. 45, 20. Hwílum líðelíce tó ðreátigenne hwílum suíðlíce and stræclíce tó ðráfianne aliquando leniter arguenda
strange
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severely: — Rícum mannun man sceal strangor (severius) déman ðonne ðám heánum, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 30. Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. strongly, violently Seó sǽ strange geondstyred on
strang-líc
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of persons, strong, robust Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglic oððe untrumlíc populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus, Num. 13, 20. of things, strong, firm, solid, able to resist
stranglíce
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Strongly Stranglíce roborabiliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 3. Stranglíce fortiter, stranglícor fortius, stranglícost fortissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 230, 15. with power, with energy, strenuously, vigorously Hé stranglíce ríxode and bewerode ðæt folc wið ða
stulorlíce
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Furtively, stealthily; furtim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 238, 4
stund-mǽlum
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at intervals, gradually, little by little Stundmǽlum sensim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 6: Zup. 236, 13: sensim, paulatim, Hpt. Gl. 451, 6: 469, 72: 482, 51. at different times, alternately, now at one time now at another Stundmǽlum alternatim, singulatim
stunt
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Foolish, stupid Stunt stultus, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 53. Stunt folc and unwís popule stulte et insipiens, Deut. 32, 6. Ic wæs stunt, and ic eom nú wís, Homl. Th. i. 433, 6. Ðú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, ii. 452, 31. Ðú stunta fatue, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 22. For
stunt-wyrde
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Using foolish words, foolish in speech Se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17
stæþhlíplíce
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At a steep inclination Wæs ðæt hús ... on scræfes onlícnesse...; and gelómlíce ða stánas swá of óðrum clife stæðhlýplíce út sceoredon, Blickl. Homl. 207, 20. v. preceding word
stán-fáh
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Many-coloured with stones, epithet of a road, Beo. Th. 645; B. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 2473; An. 1238