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sealt

  • adjective
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Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §17; §64; §306;
Salt,
of that which is naturally salt
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  • For hwam wæs seó sǽ sealt geworden? Moises áwearp ða .x. word in ða sǽ, and his teáras ágeát in ða sǽ; for ðam wearð seó sǽ sealt,

      Salm. Kmbl. 188, 15-19.
  • Sealt wæter

    the sea,

      Ps. Th. 68, 2: Cd. Th. 13, 6; Gen. 198.
  • Brim sceal sealt weallan,

      Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45.
  • On sealtum mersce

    in salsuginem,

      Ps. Spl. 106, 34.
  • Óþ ðone sealtan mere

    usque ad lacum Salinarum,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 26, 8.
  • Ofer sealtne (saltne,

      Cott. MSS.) sǽ, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 8.
  • Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt (

    very salt

    ),
      Blickl. Homl. 245, 25.
  • Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte,

      Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16.
  • Sealte ýða,

      Cd. Th. 205, 26; Exod. 441.
  • Sealte sǽwǽgas,

      240, 9; Dan. 384.
  • Sealte streámas,

      Exon. Th. 206, 2; Ph. 120.
  • Sealte flódas,

      Ps. Th. 68, 14.
  • Swég sealtera wætera,

      76, 13.
  • Salte sǽstreámas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1497; An. 750.
of that which is artificially salt,
salt (meat)
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  • Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc,

      Ch. Th. 158, 27.
  • Forgá sealtes gehwæt,

      Lchdm. ii. 56, 23.
  • Ete sealtne mete and nówiht fersces, iii. 28, 24.
  • Sele ðú him sealte mettas,

      182, 13: 184, 8.
Etymology
[O. Frs. salt: Icel. saltr.]
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v. un-sealt.
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  • sealt, adj.