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sefa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sefa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§93; §401;
Understanding, mind, heart
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  • Sefa

    sensus

    (cf. gewit sensus, 42, 35),
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 17
      • :
    • 282, 27
      • .

  • Sefa nearwode (of Noah when drunk),

    • Cd. Th. 94, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 1570
      • .

  • Him (Nebuchadnezzar on recovery from his madness) in gást becwom rǽdfæst sefa,

    • 257, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 652
      • .

  • Næs him hreó sefa,

    • Beo. Th. 4367
      • ;
    • B. 2180
      • .

  • Gif ðín hige wǽre, sefa swá searogrim, swá ðú self talast,

    • 1192
      • ;
    • B. 594
      • .

  • Him wæs leóht sefa, hyge untyddre,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2504
      • ;
    • An. 1253
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 164, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 1021
      • .

  • Geómor sefa, mód morgenseóc,

    • 458, 3
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 94
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 98
      • ;
    • B. 49
      • .

  • Leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 346
      • ;
    • El. 173
      • .

  • Weá biþ in móde, siofa synnum fáh,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 28
      • ;
    • Leás. 16
      • .

  • Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro,

    • Exon. Th. 28, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 442
      • .

  • Sécan sefan gehygdum,

    • Cd. Th. 219, 4
      • ;
    • Dan. 49
      • .

  • Sefan sídne geþanc,

    • 249, 26
      • ;
    • Dan. 536
      • .

  • Sefan (seofan,

    • MS. A.
    ) snytro,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 133
      • ;
    • Sal. 66
      • .

  • On sefan (ondgete,

    • Ps. Surt. 77, 72
    )

    in sensu,

    • Blickl. Gl
      • .

  • Hié ðam Hálgan Gáste onféngon on heora sefan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 137, 6
      • .

  • On wérigum sefan,

    • Exon. Th. 74, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 1208
      • .

  • On mildum sefan,

    • 83, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 1352
      • .

  • On sídum sefan,

    • 169, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 1096
      • .

  • On sárgum sefan,

    • 183, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 1330
      • .

  • Tó ontýnenne míne sefan,

    • Nar. 40, 30
      • .

  • Ic heom ábleonde hera sefan,

    • 45, 7
      • .

  • Þurh rúmne sefan rǽd gelǽran,

    • Beo. Th. 561
      • ;
    • B. 278
      • .

  • Begém úrum sefum

    intende nostris sensibus,

    • Hymn. Surt. 22, 3
      • .

  • Úrum sefum leóht gearce

    nostris sensibus lumen prebe,

    • 53, 22
      • .
Similar entries
v. breóst-, ferhþ- (firhþ-, fyrhþ-), mód-, wís-sefa.
Linked entries
v.  seofa siofa.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sefa.” 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/27324.

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