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séfte

  • adjective
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Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
Wright's OE grammar
§62; §163; §283; §434; §553;
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  • Delicatus, i. tenerus, querulus, amoenus unbrocheard

    vel

    séfta,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 40.
of persons,
gentle, mild, not stern
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  • Drihten is swýðe séfte

    suavis est Dominus,

      Ps. Th. 33, 8.
  • Weorð úrum synnum séfte and milde

    propitius esto peccatis nostris,

      78, 9.
of medicine,
mild, not strong
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  • Ðæt is, for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne,

      Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 11.
of rest, sleep,
undisturbed, untroubled
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  • Ðú eart seó séfte ræst sóðfæstra,

      Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 132, 34.
easy, comfortable, pleasant, without pain or
discomfort
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  • Rád byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum séfte, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 13 ; Rún. 5.
  • Dóþ síðfæt séftne and rihtne,

      Ps. Th. 67, 4.
  • Ful séfte seld, ðæt hí sǽton on,

      88, 3.
  • Hé his líchoman forwyrnde séftra setla and symbeldaga,

      Exon. Th. 111, 33 ; Gú. 136.
  • Sélre mé wæs and séftre,

      Ps. Th. 118, 71.
  • Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10 ; Fox 228, 10. IVa. in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate :-- Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ

    neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere deliciis, et emarcescere voluptate venistis,

      Bt. 40, 3 ; Fox 238, 13.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. semfti.]
Similar entries
v. ge-séfte ; sófte.
Linked entries
v.  sófte.
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  • séfte, adj.