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sǽd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sǽd, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §119; §306; §425; §563;
seed, what is sown, that part of a plant which propagates
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  • Senepes sǽd

    granum sinapis,

    • Mk. Skt. 4, 31.

  • Ðæt treów sceolde sǽde eft onfón

    the tree should again bear seed,

    • Cd. Th. 251, 12
      • ;
    • Dan. 562: 252, 24
      • ;
    • Dan. 583
      • .

  • Ealle treówu ðe habbaþ sǽd on him silfon heora ágenes cynnes

    universa ligna quae habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui,

    • Gen. 1, 29
      • .

  • Ðam men ðe seów gód sǽd on his æcyre,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24
      • .

  • Út eode se sǽdere his sǽd tó sáwenne,

    • Mk. Skt. 4, 3
      • .

  • Swylce man wurpe gód sǽd (sementem) on his land,

    • 4, 26.
fig. seed, that from which anything springs
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    Ðæt hálige sǽd gewát, ðæt him ǽr of ðæs láreówes múþe bodad wæs,

    • Blickl. Homl. 55, 29
      • .

  • Ðeáh biþ sum corn sǽdes gehealden symle on ðære sáwle sóðfæstnesse: ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle áweaht mid áscunga,

    • Met. 22, 37-41
      • .

  • Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 534, 26
      • .
the ripe fruit, that from which the seed is taken
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  • Hí heora sylfra sǽd sníþaþ

    they shall reap their crops,

    • Ps. Th. 125, 5
      • .

  • Se háta sumor giereþ and drígeþ sǽd anð bléda,

    • Met. 29, 61
      • .
fruit, growth
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  • Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, biþ seó síðre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne,

    • Exon. Th. 105, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 16
      • .
sowing,
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  • Sǽd and geríp sumor and winter ne geswícaþ

    sementis et messis, aestas et hiems non requiescent,

    • Gen. 8,
      • 22.
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v. sǽd-tima
applied to animals, seed, progeny, posterity
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  • Sǽd

    crementum (in a list 'de homine et de partibus ejus'),

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 26: ii. 16, 39
      • .

  • Weres sǽd,

    • 44, 55
      • .

  • Mín sǽd him þeówaþ,

    • Ps. Th. 21, 29
      • .

  • Ðæt sǽd ðara unrihtwísra forwyrð,

    • 36, 28
      • .

  • Tó Abrahame wæs cweþende ðæt his sǽd oferweóxe ealle ðás woruld,

    • Blickl. Homl. 159, 26
      • .

  • Swá hé spræc tó Abrahame and hys sǽde,

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 55
      • .

  • Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce,

    • Mk. Skt. 12, 19
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. mana-séþs:
O. H. Ger. sát:
Icel. sáð seed, crop
.]
Similar entries
v.god-, lín-, un-, wád-sǽd.
Linked entries
v.  sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sǽd.” 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/26166.

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