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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 ge*-*hygdum,

      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.
  • v. breóst-, ferhþ- (firhþ-, fyrhþ-), mód-, wís-sefa.
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v.  seofa siofa.
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  • sefa, n.