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sáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sáwan, p. seów, séw; pp. sáwen.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §120; §264; §266; §517;
lit.
to sow (seed in a field)
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  • Túncersan ðe mon ne sǽwþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 22, 13.
  • Weard sáweþ on swæð mín,

      Exon. Th. 403, 11; Rä. 22, 6.
  • Hig ne sáwaþ

    non seminant,

      Lk. Skt. 12, 24.
  • Hláford hú ne seów (seówe, MS. A.) ðú gód sǽd on ðínum æcere

    Domine, nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo?

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 27.
  • Út eode se sǽdere hys sǽd tó sáwenne [séde ł sédege, Lind.]. And ðá ðá hé seów,

      13, 3-4.
  • Ðá hé séw (seów,

      MS. A.) Mk. Skt. 4, 4.
  • Hé wíngeard sette, seów sǽda fela,

      Cd. Th. 94, 9; Gen. 1559.
  • Be ðæm áworpnan engle is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan æceras

    cum bonae messi inserta fuissent zizania,

      Past. 47, 1; Swt. 357, 17.
  • Gehýre gé ðæs sáwendan (

    seminantis

    ) bigspell,
      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 18.
  • Sáwondum

    seminanti,

      Kent. Gl. 370.
to sow (a field with seed)
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  • Hí seówon æceras

    seminaverunt agros,

      Ps. Spl. 106, 37.
  • Ne sáw ðú ðínne æcyr mid gemengedum sǽde

    agrum tuum non seres diverso semine,

      Lev. 19, 19.
  • Six geár ðú scealt sáwan

    sex annis seres agrum tuum,

      25, 3.
fig.
to sow the seeds of anything, to originate, do an action which produces a result, implant
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  • Se eorþlíca anweald ne sǽwþ (

    inserit

    ) ða cræftas ac lisþ unþeáwas,
      Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 25.
  • Áworpen man on ǽlce tíd sáweþ wróhte

    homo apostata omni tempore jurgia seminat,

      Past. 47, 1; Swt. 357, 22.
  • Se ealda inwit sáweþ,

      Fragm. Kmbl. 67; Leás. 35.
  • Ða hér on teárum sáwaþ hí eft fægerum gefeán sníðaþ

    qui seminant in lacrymis, in gaudio metent,

      Ps. Th. 125, 5: Exon. Th. 6, 18; Cri. 86.
  • Hé monigfealde módes snyttru seów and sette geond sefan monna,

      41, 29; Cri. 663.
  • Sibbe sáwaþ on sefan manna,

      30, 31; Cri. 487.
Etymology
[Goth. saian; p. saisó: O. Sax. sáian; p. sáida, séu: O. Frs. séa: O. H. Ger. sájan; p. sáta: Icel. sá; p. seri, later sáði.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-, geond-, ofer-, on-, tó-sáwan.
Linked entries
v.  a-sáwan be-sáwan.
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