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sǽmra

  • adjective
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sǽmra, adj. (without positive)
Inferior, worse
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  • Symle wæs ðý sǽmra ðonne ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníðlan

    ever was the deadly foe the worse when I struck him with the sword,

      Beo. Th. 5752; B. 2880.
  • Hit is sǽmre nú

    it is worse now (than in the golden age).

      Met. 8, 42.
  • Ic lǽre ðæt hé gýme ǽðter ge ðæs sélran ge ðæs sǽmran

    I advise him to take care both of the more and of the less important matters,

    Anglia ix.
      260, 10.
  • Hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce,

      Beo. Th. 1910; B. 953.
  • Gif ðú sóðne God lufast. . . Gif ðú tó sǽmran gode hǽtsþ hǽðen feoh. Exon. Th. 245,

      28; Jul. 51 : 264, 9; Jul. 361.
  • Ða sǽmran

    deteriora,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 38.
  • Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (

    anni tui non deficient).

      Ps. Th. 101, 24.
  • Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote. MS. ) gesceafta

    id (good) error humanus a vero atque perfecto ad falsum imperfectumque traducit,

      Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 12.
  • Sǽmust vel wyrst

    pessima,

      Blickl. Gl. Ne
    wǽron ðæt gesíba ða sǽmestan, Exon. Th. 326, 8; Wíd. 1 Cf. sám-.
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v.  sǽmest sámran.
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