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selen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
selen, sellen, sylen, e ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§599;
a gift
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  • Ic ðé nú áfyrre fram mínre selene ðe ic ðé forgeaf,

      Wulfst. 258, 14.

  • Seó góde antswaru sý ouer ða sélestan selene

    sermo bonus super datum optimum,

      R. Ben. 55, 9.

  • Sylena

    donaria,

      Germ. 394, 343.

  • Gástlícra sellena ł gifa

    sanctorum donorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 414, 37.

  • Syllena,

      473, 50.

  • Mid selenum hé gewelgie

    donis maneret,

      Hymn. Surt. 4, 32.

  • Ðú onfénge selena

    accepisti dona,

      Ps. Spl. 67, 19.
  • Góde sylena syllan. Mt. Kmbl. 7, 11.

  • Sylene,

      Lk. Skt. 11, 13.
a giving, donation, grant
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  • His handseten and sælen. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 89, 12.

  • Ic geeácnode. tó ðare ǽrran sylene týn þúsenda ǽlfíxa,

      Chart. Th. 242, 11.

  • Ic ðás úre selene trymmne,

      106, 10.

  • Þurh his sylene and gyfe

    ipso largiente,

      Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 515, 24.

  • Þurh ælmyss*-*an sylene

    per erogationem eleemosynae,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 63 ; Th. ii. 222, 32.

  • Mid gebedum and mid wæccum and mid ælmessa sylenum,

      Wulfst. 228, 20.
the habit of giving, liberality, munificence
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  • Sylen liberalitas, mid sylene

    munificentia,

      Hpt. Gl. 466, 52, 49.

  • Cystigre sylene

    prodiga liberalitate,

      517, 36.
  • v. ælmes-, hand-, mann-selen, -silen.
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v.  sylen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “selen.” 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/27382.

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