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§5; §120; §264; §266; §517;
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  • Ðú rípes ꝥte ðú ne sǽwe,

      Lk. R. 19, 22.

  • Hé seów hwǽte on beswuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 9. I c. absolute :-- Ic hrippo ðér ne seáwu ic

    meto ubi non semino,

      Mt. L. 35, 26.

  • Sé ðe sáwes ł seáwa (seów, R.)

    qui seminavit,

      13, 39. 'Sé ðe
    him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwð tó seldon'. . . hé cwǽdon ðæt sé sceolde lytel sáwan, sé ðe him ðone wind ondréde, Past. 285, 17-24.
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  • Hé sǽwð ðone sticel ðæs andan,

      Past. 279, 9.

  • Ðá ðe wróhte sáwað,

      357, 14: 361, 6.

  • Hú ne bið hé swelce hé sǽwe (sáwe, v. l.) good and him weaxe of ðǽm ǽlc yfel?

    peccatorum seges quasi ex virtute seminatur,

      341, 7.

  • Ðæt yfel hí ne dyrren sǽwan on óðrum monnum,

      427, 18.

  • Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes,

      Bl. H. 133, 33.
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v. un-sáwen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sáwan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/57609.

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