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seht

  • adjective
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Grammar
seht, adj.
In agreement about the terms of a settlement, agreed
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  • Hí wurdon sehte ðæt ða gebróðra ealle geeodon of ðam lande bútan ánum,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 195, 25
      • .

  • Hí him ðæs gætíðodon wið swylcon gersumen swylce hí ðá sehtæ wǽron

    such as they were then agreed upon,

    • 198, 16
      • .

  • Hí wurdon sehte on ða gerád ðæt . . .,

    • Chr. 1093
      • ;
    • Erl. 229, 25
      • .

  • Wearð se cyng and his bróðor sehte . . . and eall Normandíg æt him mid feó álísde, swá swá hí ðá sehte wǽron,

    • 1096
      • ;
    • Erl. 233, 17
      • .

  • Sæhte,

    • 1077
      • ;
    • Erl. 215, 10
      • .
Etymology
[
Sehte, 1120; Erl. 248, 1.
Sæhte, 1135; Erl. 261, 21.
Þus iwerað Brennes sæht (isehte, 2nd MS. ) whit his broðer, Laym. 5114.
Hiss bodiȝ wiþþ hiss gast sammtale & sahhte wurrþe, Orm. 5731.
Cf. Icel. sáttr verða á eitt to agree on.
]
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v. un-seht and next word.
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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/27354.

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