stípel
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D.) fut gehende he was buried at the west end (of the minster at Ely) quite close to the tower, Chr. 1036 ; Erl. 165, 38. Ðæt hé gesáwe ða burh and ðone stípel ( the tower of Babel ), Gen. 11, 5. Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25.
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stípere
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A support, prop, pillar Stípere destina vel postis vel fulcimen, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 38
stíþ-mægen
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A strong force Ðonne cumaþ upplíce eored*-*heápas stíþmægen ástyred tum superum subito veniet commota potestas, Dóm. L. 114. [Cf. Stið-imainede eorl, Laym. 25820.]
stíþ-weg
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A hard, rough way Strong on stíðweg. Exon. Th. 384, 29 ; Rä. 4, 35
stóc-weard
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A townsman Stócweardum oppidanis, Hpt. Gl. 525, 49
stód
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A stud, a herd of horses Stood equartium, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 10. Ic geann mínon heáhdeórhunton ðæs stódes ðe is on Colinga*-*hrycge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 363, 25. Ic gean mínum wífe healfes ðæs stódes æt Trostingtúne and mínum geféran healfes ðe mé mid
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stricel
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In note I on this page are given the following: 'Rouleau the round pin, stritchell, or strickle used in the measuring of corn, etc.
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stride
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A stride, pace Faeðm vel tuegen stridi passus Txts. 85, 1510
strúdend
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A spoiler, robber, usurer Strúdend oððe grípend raptor Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 69. Lǽnend vel strúde[nd] fenerator 148, 26
stuntscipe
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Foolishness; stultitia, Mk. Skt. 7, 22
stútere
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On stúteres hylle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 48, 10: 182, 10: 328, 10. ?
stuðan-sceaft
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A prop, stay Ic gaderode stuþansceaftas, Shrn. 163, 5. Tó ðam ilcan wuda ðár ic ðás stuðansceaftas cearf, 14
súþ-mann
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A man living in the south Súðmonna sinc (those who carry of the treasure are said sécan súð, 118, 16; Gen. 1966, and are called norðmen, 120, 16; Gen. 1995), Cd. Th. 121, 28; Gen. 2017: 126, 4; Gen. 2096
súþ-stæþ
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A south shore, coast, or bank West-Seaxna lond be ðæm súþstæðe, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 9
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súþ-wág
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A south wall Wið middan ðæs súðwáges, Homl. Th. i. 508, 15. Wið ðone súðwág tómiddes ðæs wáges, Blickl. Homl. 207, 15
súþ-weg
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A road lying to the south; in pl. southern countries, the south Hié gesáwon of súðwegum fyrd Faraonis, Cd. Th. 187, 23; Exod. 155
swǽm
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A trifler, vain, foolish person Swǽm nugator, inutilis, vanus Germ. 389, 32. Ic wylle ðæt Latona móder Apollinis and Diane fram mé gewíten, ðe Delo ákende, ðæs ðe ealde swǽmas gecýddon ( as the foolish triflers of old declared ), Anglia viii. 325, 29
swæþ
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Rtl. 167, 1, 13. a vestige, trace Hwæt is elles ðiós gewítendlíce sibb búton swelce hit sié sum swæð ðære écean sibbe quod est enim pax transitoria, nisi quoddam vestigium pacis aelernae? Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 25. v. bil-, dolh-, fót-swæþ; swaþu
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swán
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Wig.) ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 23. Hé (Alfred) on sumes swánes (the swán is called vaccarius in the Latin Vita S. Neoti, but in other forms of the story, e.g.
swét-mete
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A sweet-meat, delicacy Of ðám swétmettum and of mistlícum dryncum ðæs líþes onwæcnaþ sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 16: Met. 25, 40