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steór-réðra

(n.)
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steór-réðra, an; m.
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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

steor-sceáwere

(n.)
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steor-sceáwere, es; m.
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an observer of the stars, an astronomer, astrologer Up on ðæm rodore ðara steorsceáwera Epicurii, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 4. [Cf. O. H. Ger. himil-scouwari mathematicus; sterro*-*wartal magus.] a constellation (?) Steorrscéwere (sceorr-, Wrt.) constellationem

steor-wiglung

(n.)
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steor-wiglung, e; f.
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Astrology Æfter steorwiglunge juxta constellationem, Anglia xiii. 33, 141

Linked entry: steor-wigle

steór-wirðe

(adj.)
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steór-wirðe, adj.
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Deserving reprobation Ðonne wé hwæthwugu stiórwierðes ongietaþ on ða ðe ús underðiédde bióþ cum ea quae in subditis arguenda cognoscunt. Past. 28, 4; Swt. 194, 3

swót-stence

(adj.)
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swót-stence, adj. Sweet-scented, odoriferous
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Ambrosia elesealfe, divino odore ðære swótstencan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 35

þunorrád-stefn

(n.)
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þunorrád-stefn, e; f.

A voice of thunder

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A voice of thunder Wæs þunurrádstefn strang on hweóle vox tonitrui tui in rota, Ps. Th. 76, 14

un-stenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-stenc, es; m.

A bad smellstench

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A bad smell, stench Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 207. Niht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormǽtnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8

weorold-steór

(n.)
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weorold-steór, e ; f.
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A secular penalty Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseþ . . . ðæt gebyreþ . . . nǽfre tó woroldlícan ídelan glengan, ac for woroldsteóran tó godcundan neódan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 9

emb-stemn

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Dele

fore-steóra

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For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 56

forþ-stefn

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Far ofer sǽ, and site on þes scipes forðstefna, ðonne ... þú freónd findest begeondan þǽm sǽ, Lch. iii. 180, 4. Add

heáh-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-steáp, adj.
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Lofty Se hálga heáhsteáp reced timbrede, Gen. 2839

Linked entry: steáp

hlúd-stefn

(adj.)
Grammar
hlúd-stefn, hlúd-stefne (-stefn ?); adj.

Loud-voiced

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Loud-voiced (Seó?) hlúdstefne býme grandisona tuba Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 41. Substitute:

leód-stefn

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Add: cf. þeód-stefn

riht-stefn

(n.)
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a properly pronounced word, properly modulated sound Ná mid rihtstefnum ac mid micelum hreáme ongann clypian magnis non vocibus, sed stridoribus clamare incepit, Gr. D. 28, 28

Linked entry: stefn

stefn-hlów

(adj.)
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stefn-hlów, adj.
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Vowel, vocalic Ðæne clypolon .a. oððe þæne stemhlówan, Angl. viii. 314, 16

Linked entry: -hlów

stefn-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
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stefn-mǽlum, adv.
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By turns Swá stemmǽlum on þám þá wucan ádreósan sic alternati in eo epdomadam percurra [n]t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280

Linked entry: stefn

steóp-bearn

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Onias wolde mid ðám lácum widewan and steópbearn bewerian wið hunger, Hml. S. 25, 755. Add

steór-mann

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Steórmannes naucleri, An. Ox. 32. Add

steor-sceáwere

(n.)
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The passage to which the gloss belongs is: Vitam fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta mathematicorum constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 37. Perhaps steorrscéwere is an alternative gloss for mathematicus. Similar entries Cf. steor-gleáw (occurring