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seáw

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
seáw, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§363;
Juice, moisture, humour
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  • Genim túncersan . . . dó in ða nosu dæt se stenc mǽge on ðæt heáfod and ðæt seáw,

      Lchdm. ii. 22, 14.

  • Genim cileþoniam seáwes cucler fulne,

      28, 2.

  • Ys sǽd ðæt se earn wylle mid ðam seáwe (

    of wood lettuce

    ) his eágan hreppan and wǽtan, i.
      128, 12.

  • Seáw

    ius,

      80, 13: 128, 18.
  • Ðæt seáw sele on cuclere súpan, ii. 120, 19.

  • Gemeng wið huniges seáw

    mix with pure honey,

      30, 7.

  • Feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe,

      Exon. Th. 385, 20; Rä. 4, 47.

  • Seá

    sucum,

      Txts. 182, 83.

  • Cumaþ ða ádla on [of?] yflum seáwum,

      Lchdm. ii. 176, 5.
Etymology
[Used later of food. With diverse spieces The flesh. . . She taketh and maketh thereof a sewe, Gow. ii. 325, 4, Seew, Wick. Gen. 27, 4. I wol nat tellen of her strange sewes, Chauc. Sq. T. 67. Sew cepulatam, Wülck. Gl. 572, 9: Prompt. Parv. 454. O. H. Ger. sou; n. succus, venenum, alimentum: cf. Icel. söggr dank, wet: saggi; m. moistness.]
Similar entries
v. liþ-, plúm-seáw; ge-seáw; adj.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “seáw.” 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/27293.

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