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sealm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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sealm, psealm, psalm, es; m.
A psalm, song
in a general sense
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  • Psalmus, propie hearpsang; canticum psalm, æfter hearpan sang;

    psalmus

    ǽr hearpan sang,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 36-38.

  • On fatum sealmes

    in vasis psalmi,

      Ps. Spl. 70, 24.

  • Syngaþ Gode sealm,

      67, 4.

  • Salma

    psalmorum,

      Ps. Surt. 70, 21.

  • On sealmum wé drýman him

    in psalmis jubilemus ei,

      Ps. Spl. 94, 2.

  • Ðæt ic Gode sealmas singe,

      Ps. Th. 56, 9, 11.
the psalms of David
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  • David wítegode fela ymbe Crist, swá swá ús cýðaþ ða sealmas ðe hé gesang,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 25.

  • On Moyses ǽ, on wítegum and on sealmum,

      Lk. Skt. 24, 44.

  • On psalmum (salmum,

      Cott. MSS.) Past. 48; Swt. 375, 1.
with special reference to the services of the church
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  • Hú fela psealma on nihtlícum tídum tó singenne synt,

      R. Ben. 6, 15.

  • Sealma,

      33, 5: 6, 22.

  • Nǽnig mon ne dorste for hine sæalmas ne mæssan singan,

      Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 35.

  • Seofon seolmas,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 29.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. salm: O. H. Ger. salmo, psalmo: Icel. sálm.]
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v. bletsing-, gebed-, lof-sealm.
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v.  salm psalm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sealm.” 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/27212.

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