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sál

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)
Wright's OE grammar
§133;
a rope, cord, line, bond
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  • Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ racentan sál,

    • Cd. Th. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 378
      • .

  • Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst,

    • Beo. Th. 3816
      • ;
    • B. 1906
      • .
    (cf.
    O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens
    )

  • Sálum

    nexibus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 74
      • .
a rein
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  • Sálas

    [h] abenas,

    • 4, 58 : 6, 22
      • .

  • Sálum ł gewealdleþerum

    habenis,

    • 42,60
      • .
the loop which forms the handle of a vessel (?)
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  • Sál ansa (cf. hringe ansa, 284, 7, and see nostle. The word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum),

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 11
      • .
the fastening of a door
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  • Repagulum sál[-panra?],

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 3.

  • Sále

    repagula,

    • ii. 119,4
      • .
a necklace, collar
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  • Sweorcláþ vel [sweor]tég vel [sweor?]sál

    collarium,

    • 134, 49
      • .

  • Sále

    collario,

    • 18, 17
      • .

  • Saule

    callario (saale collario),

    • 78, 71
      • .

  • Soole, beestys teyynge ligaculum; restis a sole to tie beasts,

    • Prompt. Parv. 463.

  • Hi drayeþ myd such sol,

    • Misc. 51, 162.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. seil; n. funis, rudens, lorum, habena, restis:
Icel. seil; f. a line.
]
Linked entries
v.  sweor-sál salpanra.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sál.” 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/26309.

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