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sæl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§387; §419;
A hall
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  • Ic seah rǽplingas in ræced fergan under hróf sales,

      Exon. Th. 435, 3; Rä. 53, 2.
  • Gæst yrre cwom, ðǽr wé sæl weardodon,

      Beo. Th. 4157; B. 2075.
  • Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeþ,

      4520; B. 2264.
  • Hý sæl timbred (æltimbred, MS., the alliteration requires

    s

    ) ongytan mihton; ðæt wæs foremǽrost receda,
      620; B. 307.
  • Heorot (

    Hrothgar's hall

    ), sincfáge sel,
      336; B. 167.
  • Geond ðæt síde sel,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1523; An. 763.
  • Wuna salu sinchroden

    halls splendidly decorated,

      3342; An. 1675.
  • Salo,

      Cd. Th. 113, 3; Gen. 1881.
  • Gesáwon ofer since salo hlifian, reced ofer reádum golde,

      145, 10; Gen. 2403.
Etymology
[Wyn for to schenche, after mete in sale, Horn. 1107. Þyse renkeȝ schal neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Allit. Pms. 41, 107. Such a freke watȝ neuer in þat sale er þat tyme, Gaw. 197. O. H. Ger. sal exsolium, coenaculum; daz sal templum: Icel. salr a hall.]
Similar entries
v. beág-sel, burg-, folc-, horn-sæl; sele, salor.
Linked entries
v.  sales salor sel.
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  • sæl, n.