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sealh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sealh, salig, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §64; §149; §172; §328; §337;
A sallow, sally, selly (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, p. 607)
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  • Salch, salh

    salix,

      Txts. 94, 892.
  • Sealh

    amera,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 61.
  • Seal, ii. 8, 41.
  • Seales rinde,

      Lchdm. iii. 14, 2.
  • Reádes seales leáf (

    red sally

    lythrum salicaria, Plant
      Names, p. 413), 58, 28.
  • Genim sealh, ii. 18, 26: 86, 7.
  • On salig (saligum, Ps. Lamb.: salum, Ps. Surt.: sealum. Ps. Spl.) wé úre organan up áhéngan

    in salicibus snspendimus organa nostra,

      Ps. Th. 136, 2.
  • Salhas

    salices,

      Txts. 113, 58.
  • Selas

    saliunculas,

      Hpt. Gl. 408, 56.
Etymology
[In selihes (salyhes, MS. H.), Ps. 136, 2. Chauc. salwes: Prompt. Parv. salwhe: O. H. Ger. salaha; gen. -un; f. salix, saliuncula: Ger. sahl-weide: Icel. selga (cf. selly, Yorks.); f.]
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v.  sælen salh seal.
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  • sealh, n.