snáw
Snow
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Snow Snáw nix Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 47. Swá hwíte swá snáw (sná, Lind.: snáu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3. Snáuw Shrn. 50, 15. Snáua nix Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3.
snáw-gebland
A snow-storm
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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret
snáw-hwít
Snow-white
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Snow-white Snáwhwít niveus Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 48. Snáwítre clǽnnysse nivei pudoris Hymn. Surt. 104, 17. Mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen Homl. Th. i. 400, 29. Sittende on snáwhwítum horse ii. 134, 27. Snáwhwítne hláf Homl. Skt. i. 2, 405: 18, 164
snáw-hwít
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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add
snáw-ceald
Cold as snow
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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna (but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro Met. 29, 8
snás
A spit, skewer ⬩ a skewer ⬩ a score
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A spit, skewer Snaas veru Txts. 115, 144. Án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga una serta; a number of fish or other things run on to a stick Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 9. Snásum veribus ii. 91, 37: feribus 148, 7
snaca
A reptile, a snake
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A reptile, a snake Snaca coluber Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 56: 287, 30: ii. 16, 75: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Sý Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro Hpt. Gl. 409, 72.
snás
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In snásum (printed fnásum) in veribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 24. Add
snáð
A killing
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A killing Snáðes occisionis Hpt. Gl. 478, 45
snǽd
A cut, slice, morsel, bit ⬩ a slice
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A cut, slice, morsel, bit Snǽd offa Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 73: morsus ii. 58, 12. Spices snǽd offella vel particula i. 27, 19. Seó snǽd ðæs húsles ðe heó þicgan sceolde Homl. Th. ii. 272, 26: Salm. Kmbl. 809; Sal. 404.
snid
A saw
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A saw Saga vel snide serula Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 17. Snid serra 85, 1. Hié wǽron snidene mid snide secti sunt Past. 30; Swt. 205, 13
snid
A slice, cut ⬩ a slice ⬩ buccella
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A slice, cut Ðæt snid copus Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 59
snér
The string of a musical instrument ⬩ filum, lineolus ⬩ a twisted rope ⬩ a (twisted) basket
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The string of a musical instrument Snér fidis Txts. 115, 148. Gellende snér Exon. Th. 353, 40; Reim. 25. Snellíce snére wrǽstan 332, 9; Vy. 82
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snǽd
The handle of a scythe.
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Benedictus heóld ðone snǽd bufon ðam wætere ðǽr ðæt ísen ásanc, and ðǽrrihte hit becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10-14
snód
A snood, fillet, head-dress
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A snood, fillet, head-dress Snód cappa Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 8: 13, 42: capsa (cappa?) 128, 34; cinthium, mitra 131, 10: vitta i. 16, 65: 26, 5. Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde
snǽd
'A piece of land within defined limits, but without enclosures, a limited circumscribed woodland or pasturage,' ⬩ a clearing in a wood.
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Ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf tósundran . . . and se alhmunding snǽd hére intó preosda byrig Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 100, 16. Be ðam gráue ðæt hit cymþ intó ðam snǽde; and of ðam snǽde iii. 399, 34.
snǽd
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a clearing', and add: snád. The word seems defined in the following passage Unus singularis silva ad hanc terram pertinens quem nos theodoice snád nominamus, C. D. B. ii. 18, 17.
snaca
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Dele ban-snaca at end, and add Swylce fram ansýne snacan fleáh synna quasi a facie colubri fuge peccata, Scint. 42, 4. Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 2
snód
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Snóda redimicula, An. Ox. 2, 439. Add
snacc
A swift-sailing vessel ⬩ a bark
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A swift-sailing vessel Ðá lét Eádweard cyng scypian xl snacca Chr. 1052; Erl. 182, 36. Hé fór tó Scotlande mid xii snaccum 1066; Erl. 201, 8