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sand

  • noun [ neuter ]
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sand, es; n.
sand, gravel
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  • Sand glarea, glitis, vel samia, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 8:

    arena,

      37, 32.

  • Sande

    sablo,

    ii.
      89, 36.

  • Hé behídde hyne on ðám sande (

    sabulo

    ),
      Ex. 2, 12.

  • Sume men secgen ðæt seó eá síe eást irnende on ðæt sond, and ðonne besince eft on ðæt sand, and ðǽr néh síe eft flówende up of ðám sande,

      Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 12, 20-23.

  • Ða tódǽlaþ ðæt wæsmbǽre land and ðæt deádwylle sand ðe syððan líþsúþ on ðone gársecg

    qui dividit inter vivam terram et arenas jacentes usque ad oceanum,

      Swt. 26, 19.
sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore
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  • Sand sǽ

    arena maris,

      Ps. Spl. 77, 31.

  • Sǽfaroþa sand. Cd. Th. 236,

      18; Dan. 323.

  • On sande

    on the shore of the Red Sea,

      315, 5; Excd. 302.

  • Nacan on sande,

      Beo. Th. 596; B. 295: 3796; B. 1896.

  • Gewát him se hearda æfter sande sǽwong tredan,

      3932; B. 1964.

  • Ic wæs be sande sǽwealle neáh,

      Exon. Th. 471, 14; Rä. 61, 1.

  • Swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycþ on ðám sandum neáh ðære byrig ðe Tarsit hátte,

      Ps. Th. 47, 6.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. sand: O. H. Ger. sant arena, sabulum: Icel. sandr.]
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v. eolh-sand.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sand.” 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/26388.

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