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sǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sǽlan, de.
Wright's OE grammar
§530; §643;
to fasten with a cord
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  • Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðmed scip oncerbendum fæst,

    • Beo. Th. 3838
      • ;
    • B. 1917
      • .

  • Wedera leóde sǽwudu sǽldon,

    • 457
      • ;
    • B. 226
      • .

  • Hwǽr wé sǽlan sceolon sǽhengestas ancrum fæste,

    • Exon. Th. 54, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 863
      • .

  • Ymb geofenes stæþ gearwe stódon sǽlde sǽmearas,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 455
      • ;
    • El. 228
      • .
fig. to restrain, repress, confine
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  • Dómgeorne dreórigne hyge oft in heora breóstcofan bindaþ fæste. Swá ic módsefan mínne sceolde oft feterum sǽlan,

    • Exon. Th. 287, 29
      • ;
    • Wand. 21
      • .

  • Sǽlde sǽgrundas

    the bound sea-depths

    (in contrast with the relaxing of the bonds which held the sea, when a passage was made through it for the Israelites),
    • Cd. Th. 196, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 289
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. in-sailjan
.]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, on-, un-sǽlan; sál.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sǽlan.” 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/26217.

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