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seáþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§397;
A pit, hole, well, reservoir, lake
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  • Seáþ lacus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 10: Ps. Spl. 7, 16: 27, 1: Mk. Skt. 12, 1: lacus, lacuna, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 31: fovea, ii. 150, 10: Ps. Spl. 7, 16: 56, 9: puteus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 16: cisterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 4: Kent. Gl. 102: barathrum, Hpt. Gl. 422, 50:

    cloaca,

      484, 19: 508, 70.
  • Ðǽr is se seáþ ðæs singalan susles . . . Æfter ðam ðe ðú deád bist, ðonne cymst ðú tó helle . . . and ðín seáþ biþ twegea cubita wíd and feówra lang,

      Nar. 50, 23-29.
  • On hú grundleásum seáþe

    on how bottomless a pit,

      Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8.
  • Ðá wæs ðǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hláwes gedolfen swylce mycel wæterseáþ wǽre. On ðam seáþe ufan Gúþlác him hús getimbrode,

      Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 8.
  • Danihel læg betwux seofan leónum on ánum seáþe,

      Homl. Th. i. 488, 5.
  • Héht scúfan scyldigne in drígan seáþ,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1382; El. 693.
  • In synna seáþ,

      Exon. Th. 267, 10; Jul. 413.
  • Ðǽr syndon twegen seáþas (

    lakes

    ) . . . heora wíde is .cc. míla ðæs læssan mílgetales,
      Nar. 36, 25.
Etymology
[Inne deope seaðen setten þa deade, Laym. 841. O. Frs. sáth: M. H. Ger. sót puteus.]
Similar entries
v. adel-, cealc-, fǽr-, helle-, horu-, lám-, sand-, sealt-, wæter-, wulf-seáþ.
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  • seáþ, n.