strica
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a stroke of a pen, a tittle, a mark, line Ánatrica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit (Mt. 5, 18), Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1: Jud. 15. Strican ł mærcunge characteres Hpt. Gl. 473, 13. Stricena apicum, stricum
strícan
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to stroke, smooth, rub, wipe Ne delfe hý nán man mid ísene and mid wætere ne þweá, ac stríce hý mid cláðe clǽne, Lchdm. iii. 30, 24. v. ymb-strícan. to make a stroke, v. be-strícan; strica. to go, move, run Búlon ðæm rodere ðe ðás rúman gesceaft ǽghwylce
be-strícan
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To make a stroke round Wið óman. Genim ane gréne gyrde, and lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, and bestríc hine ymbútan (draw a circle round about him with the rod), and cweð. . . Lch. iii. 70, 13
strácian
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To stroke Se lǽce grápaþ and strácaþ, ǽrðonðe hé stingan wille, Past. 26 ; Swt. 187, 5. Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10. Myd
strácian
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Nægelsexes tánc his þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre dó ofer þínne óþerne swilce þú ceorfan wille, and stráca syþþan on þín leór mid þínum fingre swilce þú sceáran wille, Tech. ii. 127, 2. Add
stræc
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strictness, rigour Stræc districtio, rigor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 48. Sý nátóðæshwón regoles stræc gehealden nullatenus districtio regule teneatur, R. Ben. 61, 15. violence, force Hú mæg beón bútan strece and neádunge ðæt gehwá mid clǽn*-*nysse ðæt gále
strǽl
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An arrow, shaft, dart (lit. and fig.) Ðá genam hé his bogan and hine gebende and ðá mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan . . . Ðá sóna mid ðan ðe se strǽl on flyge wæs, ðá com swíðe mycel windes blǽd, ðæt seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and ðá ðone ilcan
Linked entry: streál
strǽt
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a road Læg án dríe strǽt þurh ða sǽ. And ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 21-22. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159 ; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt ; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30. On ða sealtstrǽt
Linked entry: strét
strang
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Strong ; fortis, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 56 : acer, vehemens, 17, 28 : strenuus, ii. 74, 60. of living beings, strong, powerful, mighty Hé wæs strang foreþingere he was a powerful intercessor, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 6. Fugel meahtum strang, Exon. Th. 40, 31 ; Cri
stræc
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Add Hé bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6. Add Micel strec bið þæt mennisce menn mid eádmódum geearnungum ðá heofenlican myrhðe begytan, Hml. Th. i. 360, 26
strǽt
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Add An cyninges stréte, C. D. ii. 67, 2. Add Út on strǽte gán in plateis ire, Chrd. 61, 5. Fænn strǽtena lutum platearum, Ps. L. 17, 43
strang
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5. Add Þurh þæt strange fæsten him gemildsode God, Hml. Th. i. 246, 23. v. ceorl-, earm-, feoh-, weorold-, wíg-strang
stræc
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strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard Hú se reccere sceal bión wið ðara yfelena unðeáwas stræc for ryhtwíslícum andan ut sit rector contra delinquentium vitia per zelum justitiae erectus, Past. 17 ; Swt. 107, 6. Stræc (strec, Cott. MSS.), 12 ; Swt. 75
Linked entry: strec
strǽd
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a pace, stride Míle straedena mille passus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 41
strǽt
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A couch, bed On beddinge strǽte mínre in lectum strati mei, Ps. Spl. C. 131, 3. Ofer strǽte super lectum, 61, 7 : 6, 6
strand
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A strand, shore Strand litus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 24 : sablo, Hpt. Gl. 502, 77. Se Hǽlend stód on ðam strande . . . Ðæt strand getácnode ða écan staðolfæstnysse ðæs tówerdan lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 30. Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, Lchdm. iii.