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seht

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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seht, es; m.: e; f.
a settlement, an agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers
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  • Se seht ðe Godwine eorl worhte betweónan ðam arcebisceop and ðam híréde æt Sc̃e Augustine, and Leófwine preóste,

    • Chart. Th. 349, 19
      • .

  • Spǽcon ðá Leófríces freónd and Wulfstánes freónd, ðæt hit betere wǽre, ðæt heora seht tógædere wurde, ðonne hý ǽnige sace hym betweónan heóldan; sóhtan ðá hyra seht. (The terms are then given.) Ðis wæs úre ealra seht,

    • 377, 1-13
      • .

  • Syððan ðæs cáseres seht wæs and Baldwines,

    • Chr. 1050
      • ;
    • Erl. 173, 33
      • .

  • Hí tóhwurfon mid ðisum sehte

    (the agreement between Edmund and Cnut),
    • 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 159, 6
      • .

  • Ða férdon betwux Ródbeard eorl and Eádgár æðeling and þæra cinga sehte swá gemacedon.

    (The terms are then given.)

    On ðisum sehte wearð Eádgár eþeling wið ðone cyng gesæhtlad,

    • 1091
      • ;
    • Erl. 228, 1-8
      • .
[
Férden þe ærcebiscop and te wíse men betwux heom and makede ðæt sahte ðæt . .., 1140; Erl. 265, 30.
]
peace, friendship
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  • Syððan seaht and sib mycelre tíde betwyh ða ylcan cyningas and heora ríce áwunode,

    • Bd. 4, 21
      • ;
    • S. 590, 25 note
      • .

  • Ðæt ða cyningas seht námon (cf. friþ niman) heom betweónan

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 159, 1
      • .

  • Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta,

    • 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 222, 35
      • .
Etymology
[
Sib and sæhte sculde bén betwyx heom and on al Engleland, 1140; Erl. 265, 32.
Betere weore sæhte þene swilc unisibbe, Laym. 9844.
God lihte to eorðe uorte makien þreouold seihte, A. R. 250, 2.
Taken from the Danes (?) cf. Icel. sátt a settlement, agreement; peace.
]
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v. un-seht and following words.
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v.  un-seht un-seht sæht saht seaht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “seht.” 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/27353.

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