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searu

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §362;
Device, design, contrivance, art.
in the following glosses it is uncertain whether the word is used with a good or with a bad meaning
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  • Sarwo

    adventio.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 38.

  • Searo

    molimen,

      54, 29.

  • Searwe

    molimine,

      89, 64.

  • Searwe

    argumenta,

      84, 69.

  • Searwum

    commentis,

      14, 82 : 80, 76.

  • Seorwum,

      104, 75.

  • Seara

    machinas,

      Hpt. Gl. 510, 21.
in a bad sense,
craft, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, ambush, treachery, plot
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  • Searu factio (cf. fácn factiones, 64; bepǽcunga

    factione,

      Hpt. Gl. 474, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 81.

  • Gleáwnisse and seare (sceare, Wrt. )

    astu,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 27.

  • Mid searwe on gewald gedón

    per proditionem tradere,

      Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 52, 27.

  • Swíðor beswicen for Alexandres searewe ðonne for his gefeohte

    non minus arte Alexandri superata, quam virtute Macedonum,

      3, 9 ; Swt. 124, 19.

  • Mid searuwe ácwellan

    morti tradere,

      Ps. Th. 108, 16.

  • Ðara feónda searo beswícan and ofercurnan,

      Blickl. Homl. 201, 29.

  • Searo rénian

    to lay a snare,

      109, 30: Cd. Th. 162, 9; Gen. 2678.

  • Þurh ðæs deófles searo dóm forlǽtan,

      39, 27; Gen. 632: Exon. Th. 153, 7; Gú. 822: 227, 6; Ph. 419.

  • Þurh ídel searu,

      Ps. Th. 138, 17: Elen. Kmbl. 1438; El. 721.

  • Swilt þurh searwe

    death by treachery,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2695; An. 1350.

  • Searwa

    molimina (magorum),

      Hpt. Gl. 502, 53.

  • Sarwa

    mendacia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 41.

  • Full fácnes and searuwa

    plenum dolo,

      Ps. Th. 9, 27 : Met. 9, 27.

  • In searwum

    in insidiis.

      Ps. Surt. 9, 29.

  • Searwum

    factionibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 9.

  • Mid sibbe wé cómon næs mid searwum

    pacifice venimus nec quidquam machinamur mali,

      Gen. 42, 11.

  • Beswicen mid deófles searwum

    daemonica fraude seductus,

      Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 26.

  • Mid searewan (his searum, MS. C. )

    consiliis,

      Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 112, 18.

  • Searowum beswicene,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1489; An. 745.

  • Hié þurh seara (

    per insidias)

    ofslægene wurdon,
      Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 28.

  • Ðá funde hé swíðe yfel geþeaht and searwa ymb hira líf

    contra eorum vitam consilium praebuit,

      Past. 54, 4; Swt. 423, 15.

  • Gif hwá ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh searwa,

      L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1: Blickl. Homl. 83, 33.

  • Hwylce searwa se drý árefnde

    what artifices the sorcerer practiced,

      173, 8.

  • Nyston ða searwe ðe him sǽton bæftan

    ignorans quod post tergum laterent insidiae,

      Jos. 8, 14.
in a good sense, art, skill, contrivance, (in the adverbial inst. searwum
skilfully, ingeniously, with art)
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  • Searwum ásǽled,

      Cd. Th. 207, 21; Exod. 470.
  • Salem stód searwum (or
?) áfæstnod, weallum geweorðod, 218, 17; Dan. 40. Sadol searwum fáh (cf. searu-fáh), Beo. Th. 2080; B. 1038. Earmbeága fela searwum gesǽled (cf. searu-sǽled), 5521; B. 2764: Exon. Th. 438, 10; Rä. 57, 5 (cf. searu-bunden): 216, 17; Ph. 269. Búr átimbran, searwum ásettan, 411, 27; Rä. 30, 6.
that which is contrived with art, a machine, engine, fabric
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  • Stæfliðere oððe searu

    ballista, machina belli.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 62.

  • Searu ballisla, catapulta, vel

    machina belli,

      125, 9.

  • Middaneardes wyrhta seares

    mundi factor machinae,

      Hymn. Surt. 29, 9.

  • Ic seah searo hweorfan, grindan wið greóte, giellende faran, Exon. Th. 414, 29; ä 33, 3. IV a.

    armour, equipment, arms

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  • Beran beorht searo,

      Cd. Th. 191, 23; Exod. 219.

  • Licgeþ lonnum fæst . . . swíðe swingeþ and his searo hringeþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 534; Sal. 266.

  • Hringíren song in searwum (

    coats of mail),

      Beo. Th. 651; B. 323: 5053 ; B. 2530.

  • Secg on searwum,

      503; B. 249: 5392 ; B. 2700.

  • Geseah on searwum

    (among the arms)

    sigeeadig bil,
      3118; 8. 1557.

  • Searwum gearwe

    equipped,

      3631; B. 1813.
Etymology
[Goth. sarwa; n. pl. τὰ ὅπλα πανοπλία: O. H. Ger. saro ; gi-sarwi, -sarwa lorica, armatura, arma: Icel. sörvi a necklace; armour., ]
Similar entries
v. beadu-, bealu-, fácen-, fǽr-, fyrd-, gúþ-, hláford-, inwit-, láþ-, lyge-, nearu-searu ; siru; and cf. or-þanc.
Linked entries
v.  searo siru.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “searu.” 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/27264.

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